Shaka Zulu is back in pop culture – how the famous king has been portrayed over the decades
SHAKA Zulu is one of the most famous figures in South African history, even though not much is actually known about him. The subject of a hit 1980s TV show and of many books, Shaka is reframed by each generation. Now he’s back in popular culture with a major new South African TV series, Shaka iLembe. Dan Wylie is an English professor who has written two academic books on Shaka. We asked him four questions. Author DAN WYLIE, Professor of English, Rhodes University Who was Shaka Zulu and what did you learn from writing about him? Shaka kaSenzangakhona is universally…