Part 1 of Essay
Shaka was born the son of Senzakhona, the Zulu chief, and the Langeni princess Nandi. Senzakhona had unintentionally impregnated Nandi, but was obligated to take her as his third wife her in spite of the fact that she was from the lowly regarded Langeni clan. Due to this, she and her son were treated as outcasts and were u ....

Part 2 of Essay
.... powerful group. Here he learned many of the skills that later made him a successful warrior. That was also where he came under the guidance of Dingiswayo, an important factor in the shaping of his thinking. Dingiswayo introduced age regiments where young men were called up to serve for a part of every year, men from the same households and villages were put in different regiments, their allegiance primarily to the ruler of the chiefdom, Dingiswayo, and secondarily to their local chiefs. In his early twenties, Sha ....