Shaka Zulu 1787­1828 Three Cool Facts: 1. He lived in an area between the Drakensberg Mountain and the Indian Ocean. 2. More than 100 chiefdoms were brought together to form a single Zulu kingdom during his lifetime. 3. Nandi, Shaka’s mother, was driven from his father and his father’s court. Ten Interview Questions: 1. Why did you choose to serve in your tribe’s military? I chose to serve in the military since that is where I got the most satisfaction and enjoyment in life. 2. Why do you think you were so successful in fighting and battles? I think I was successful because my troubled childhood forced me to grow up and learn from the times when I was bullied and humiliated by other boys. 3. How were you able to gain control of your first chiefdom? I was able to become leader of my first chiefdom by waiting until my mentor was captured by his enemies. I came in with my army and won the battle easily from there. 4. As a new leader how did you defeat your rivals of other chiefdoms? For example, one time I retreated when I was being attacked. I retreated so far that it wore out the enemy. When they were tired, I attacked and won the battle easily. 5. What was a war cry that you used when in battle? The war cry we used was “Victory or death!” 6. How did you toughen up the men in your army? It is common for soldiers to wear sandals. My soldiers fight barefoot and toughen up their feet by walking on thorny ground. This provides my soldiers with greater mobility. 7. What is your wife’s name? I never married and had no children. 8. How did you treat white men who visited your kingdom? I treated them very well and even gave them some land from my kingdom. 9. Why did you choose to treat the white men who visited you so well? I treated the white men well because they had technology that I wanted to learn about and I was interested in their culture. 10. How did you die? I died by stabbing. My half­brother and others killed me because I was cruel tyrant, even going so far as to order people killed for not grieving over my mother the right way. Source(s): South African History Online. ​
http://www.sahistory.org.za/people/king­shaka­zulu​
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