This is a saga of the Zulu empire at its height - its customs and rituals, its bloodthirsty battles, above all, its larger-than-life personalities. The mighty Shaka, who founded the dynasty in the early nineteenth century, welded the Zulu people into a formidable military kingdom. His assassination by his treacherous half-brother, Dingane, did nothing to lessen the rule of terror. But the self-indulgent Dingane, although cruel and despotic,...
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