SIGIDI kaSenzangakhona, also known as SHAKA ZULU, was the King of the Zulu Kingdom born in 1787. #Shaka was assassinated by his two half-brothers Dingane and Mhlangana at kwaDukuza on the #24september 1828 24 September was known as Shaka Day, in commemoration of Shaka, the Zulu king, on the presumed date of his death in 1828. Shaka played an important role in uniting disparate Zulu clans into a cohesive nation. The Shaka Day was since renamed Heritage Day by the South Africa’s first democratic elected President Nelson Mandela Shaka's last words have taken on a prophetic mantle—and popular South African/Zulu myth has him telling Dingane and Mhlangana that it is not they who will rule the Zulu nation but "white people who will come up from the sea” #heritageday NOt braaiday Long live the spirit of #kingshakazulu Remember #24September1828 Our #historyisimportant #respectourhistory Until the lions have their own historians, the history of the hunt will glorify the hunter - Chinua Achebe. https://www.instagram.com/p/CFgmWC4D8O8/?igshid=5np0ldqzf0w0