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Going into this topic, I didn't know much. I just thought that it would be cool to learn about something new. I learned many things including how Africans would go to war. I thought that overall the weapons used made it pretty brutal. I didn't think it would be so crazy going into it, but after, I thought.. Wow! This is actually really interesting. I enjoyed learning about the weapons and how they had to use them. Also learning about African war.

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In 1827, Shaka's mother, Nandi died. Same with his mother, Shaka then became openly psychotic, about 7,000 Zulu people were killed because of this. In early 1828, Shaka sent the impi south to a raid which warriors directly to the borders of the Cape Colony. Then not long after they returned, he sent them off to raid in the north. On September 22, 1828, two of his half brothers, Dingane and Mhlangana, with an induna (headman of African people, especially with the Zulu Empire and people) by the name of Mbopa, murdered him. The reason for Shaka's murder was the fact that Shaka was becoming a threat because of his mental health and grief.

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In 1816, Shaka was released from the Mthethwa Empire and sent to take over Zulu. Zulu's population at this time was about 1,500 or less. They occupied the White Umfolozi River. The Zulu Empire was among one of the smallest clans until Shaka's arrival. When Shaka arrived, ruling with an iron hand and forcing death for the slightest opposition. The clan was made more powerful, they now had shields and spears. The men now had assegais (skinny spears used by African people) which pushed them into fighting closer to their enemies. They also developed better tactics which they used in war and every battle. Shaka then started going to clans, killing anyone who had made his boyhood a misery, impaling boys of the Langeni clan with their own fence. In 1823, the region was depopulated and the terrified survivors had broken up tribal patterns.

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Shaka (born in 1787 - September 22, 1828) was the founder of Southern Africa's Zulu empire. His real/full name is Shaka kaSenzangakhona. Shaka's life is known to have many crazy and exaggerated stories which are questioned by many today. Shaka was the son of Senzangakona and an orphaned princess by the name of Nandi who was apart of the Langeni clan. During this period, people in the same clan were not allowed to marry each other because it violated Zulu custom, so they separated. In 1802, the Langeni people drove Shaka's mother, Nandi, out. When Shaka was 23, he was called up to military service because of age group. For the next six years, he was a brilliant warrior in the Mthethwa Empire.