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| | Shaka Summary |
 | | Shaka was the son of the Zulu chieftain Senzangakona, but doubt surrounds his legitimacy, and it seems that his mother, Nandi, was soon expelled with her child from Senzangakona's household. |
 | | Shaka is often said to have been dissatisfied with the long throwing assegai, and credited with introducing a new variant of the weapon—the Iklwa, a short stabbing spear, with a long, swordlike spearhead. |
 | | Upon the death of his mother Nandi, he decreed a period of mourning and directed that no crops were to be planted, milk (a staple of the Zulu diet) was not to be used, and all pregnant women together with their husbands were to be killed. |
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