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Ukufa kukaShaka is a historical drama by Elliot Zondi, first published in 1960 in the Bantu (later, African) Treasury Series. Its plot is based on the events surrounding the assassination of Shaka, the mighty Zulu king, by his two half-brothers, Dingane and Mhlangana, aided and abetted by his paternal aunt, Mkabayi, in 1828. The play explores the classic theme of the tragic hero's fatal flaws: hubris and overconfidence. Shaka's ruthless ambition led him to overstep human boundaries, kill with impunity, bar his warriors from having families and force them into endless wars. His blind spot seems to have been to put the survival and expansion of the Zulu kingdom first and the welfare of his subjects second.

Against this backdrop Mkabayi, whose ambitions for a remarkable Zulu nation were more tempered, played a decisive role in his downfall. Zondi explores arguments both in favour of and against Shaka's assassination in a way that allows the reader to sympathise with his greater vision and his thwarted plan to fight impending colonialism. His dramatisation of the conflict between Shaka and Mkabayi highlights questions of leadership and nation-building that continue to be relevant today.

Shaka, --- Zulu drama. --- Zulu literature --- Chaka, --- Shaka kaSenzangakhona, --- Shaka Zulu, --- Tshaka, --- U-Shaka, --- Great Elephant,

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African literature --- Thematology --- Shaka [King]

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Wat weten we weinig van de roemruchte Sjaka - zijn leven hangt aan elkaar van roddel en achterklap. Hij is een machthebber, een held, een verschrikking, uitvinder van de korte steekspeer. Maar ook een asielzoeker, een dichter, een weeskind, een oude man die zit te verpieteren in een verpleeghuis. Hij dooft een vuur met zijn blote voet, zijn hobby's zijn schaken, vissen en met de auto eropuit trekken. Is hij ook de man die op de snelweg gaat liggen en uitein delijk vermist raakt? In de opzienbarende bundel 'Mens Dier Ding', Schaffers eerste sinds 'Kooi' (2008), maakt de lezer kennis met de overblijfselen van een mythe, aan de hand van korte dagboekfragmenten, monologen, herinneringen, brieven en meer. Het verhaal van een leven dat nooit het onze is geweest maar zich toch zo schrikbarend dichtbij moet hebben afgespeeld. Uiteindelijk is hij een doodnormaal verzinsel, net als iedereen.

Dutch literature --- Shaka, --- Shaka, - King of the Zulu, - 1787?-1828 - Poetry --- Shaka, - King of the Zulu, - 1787?-1828

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A brand new Afrikaans translation of Thomas Mofolo's iconic novel Chaka has recently appeared at Unisa Press academic scholars of Unisa - The University of South Africa. It was first published in Sesotho in 1925. It relates the life and in particular the leadership style of the mighty Zulu king Shaka, although in imaginative fictionalised format. It took the Paris Evangelical Mission Society fifteen years to decide to publish the book, yet it has been translated into five languages and is regarded as one of the best works in African literature from the previous century. Chris Swanepoel translated the work into Afrikaans in 1974 and has now done so again.

Zulu (African people) --- Sotho fiction --- Translations into English. --- Shaka, --- Sotho literature --- Chaka, --- Shaka kaSenzangakhona, --- Shaka Zulu, --- Tshaka, --- U-Shaka, --- Great Elephant,