The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-07.
Shaka
(shä´kä) (KEY) , d. 1828, paramount chief (181828) of the Zulus. He organized an army of some 40,000, and after reducing many enemy peoples to vassalage, he subjugated all of what is now KwaZulu-Natal. Shaka was murdered by his half brother, Dingane. His name is also spelled Chaka.