10 Things That Made Shaka Zulu A Military Genius

Shaka Zulu is said to be one of the greatest military leaders in African history, and perhaps all of history. There is controversy around the brutality of his methods, and the strictness with which he trained his troops, but in many ways, he improved warfare methods forever. Born in 1787 in what is now South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province, he died in 1828. His legacy lived on in the Zulu warriors who fought the British in 1879. The military conflict helped immortalize the Zulu in the minds of Westerners, but Zulu history was far from over in 1879. The Zulus persevered through apartheid and remain the largest ethnic group in South Africa. Here are 10 things that made Shaka Zulu a military genius. - See more at: http://afkinsider.com/57305/10-things-made-shaka-zulu-military-innovator/?utm_source=outbrain&utm_medium=cpc&utm_content=widget&utm_campaign=afkInsider.desktop.global#sthash.yXJNa6pF.dpuf sorry pple dis for my historians