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EncyclopediaShakaShaka (shä'kä) [key], d. 1828, paramount chief (1818–28) of the Zulus. He organized an army of some 40,000, and after reducing many enemy peoples to vassalage, he subjugated all of what is now KwaZulu-Natal. Shaka was murdered by his half brother, Dingane. His name is also spelled Chaka. The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Copyright © 2007, Columbia University Press. All rights reserved. More on Shaka from Infoplease:
- Chaka - Chaka: Chaka: see Shaka.
- Zululand: Bibliography - Bibliography See S. Taylor, Shaka's Children: A History of the Zulu People (1996).
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