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Young men were not allowed to marry until they had proven themselves in battle.

He forced his soldiers to go barefoot all the time so their feet would become tough and they would be more agile in a fight.

Shaka recruited young boys to carry his warrior's supplies, freeing the warriors to move faster from battle to battle.

They assassinated him 1828 and buried him in an unmarked grave. Shaka's brothers realized that Shaka had gone crazy. The people had had enough of Shaka's cruelty and were ready to revolt. He had around 7.000 people executed for not mourning enough for his mother. He also demanded that no milk be used for a year and that all pregnant women would be killed. He issued an order that no new crops were to be planted for a year. He forced the entire kingdom to mourn her. When Shaka's mother Nandi died he was heartbroken. He sometimes massacred a whole village in order to send a message.

Anyone who disobeyed an order was immediately killed. At one point Shaka had a well-trained army of around 40,000 soldiers.

He conquered many of the surrounding chiefdoms. Shaka continued to train and build his army. The Zulus were now the most powerful kingdom in the region. Shaka's army was greatly outnumbered, but his men were trained in his way of fighting and he used superior battle tactics to defeat Zwide. In 1818, Shaka fought a great battle against the army of his main rival for control of the region, Zwide. When Dingiswayo died, Shaka took control of the surrounding tribes and became the most powerful leader in the area. Shaka began to take over nearby clans and gain soldiers for the Zulu. When Shaka's father died, he became chief of the Zulu with the help of Dingiswayo. Shaka used his strength, courage, and unique fighting methods to become one of the fiercest warriors in the clan. He also had a blacksmith design him a better spear that could be used in hand to hand combat in addition to being thrown. Shaka began to go barefooted everywhere in order to toughen up his feet. He found that taking off his sandals and fighting barefooted helped him maneuver better. Shaka soon discovered ways to improve the method of fighting. Shaka and his mother became part of the clan of a powerful chief named Dingiswayo where Shaka trained as a warrior. He dreamed he would become chief someday. He wanted to rule over the other boys who had bullied him as a child. However, Shaka was also very smart and ambitious. He began to be a leader among the boys because of his physical abilities. Shaka's only refuge was with his mother, who he loved very much.Īs Shaka grew older, he became tall and strong. While growing up in the strange new clan, the other boys teased and bullied Shaka. They were disgraced and had to find refuge with another clan. When Shaka was still a young boy, his father drove him and his mother out of the village. He was responsible for protecting them from wild animals. Even as a young boy of five or six years old, Shaka had the job of watching the sheep and cattle. His father was the chief of the Zulus and his mother, Nandi, was the daughter of the chief of a nearby clan. Shaka was born into the small South African clan of the Zulus in 1787. Best known for: Uniting many tribes into the Zulu Kingdom.Died: 1828 in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.Born: 1787 in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.