| The crossing of the Ngoni, one of the biggest tribes fleeing from the marauding impis of Shaka Zulu, coincided with an eclipse of the sun. |
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| That is, until the early 1800s, when the warrior Mzilikazi, who was ousted from KwaZulu-Natal by Shaka and his impis, settled in the area. |
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| Among the Zulu, King Shaka abolished initiation and substituted military induction for males. |
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| Legend has it that the Nguni believed the sudden darkness that fell as they crossed the Zambezi into Mozambique was a bad omen, if not a curse of Shaka Zulu. |
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| Building large states or polities was difficult under those political conditions, but a number of African chiefs founded national kingdoms, including King Shaka of the Zulu. |
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| The rise of the Zulu Kingdom under Shaka in the 1790s and early 1800s catapulted the minor Zulu chiefdom into the dominant regional power among hundreds of others. |
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| In the early nineteenth century a young Zulu prince, Shaka, came onto the scene and welded most of the Nguni tribes into the powerful Zulu Kingdom. |
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| A pair of authentic pawprint autographs from the cheetahs Shaka and Zulu will be sold in a special silent auction. |
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| Laid-back Newcastle star Shaka Hislop last night admitted that the title jitters have hit the Toon Army. |
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| To resist these pressures, Shaka, the king of the Zulu Empire, mobilised an army. |
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| Around 1821, the Zulu general Mzilikazi of the Khumalo clan successfully rebelled against King Shaka and created his own clan, the Ndebele. |
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| Marrast made late progress to finish a length away third, in front of the favourite Shaka. |
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| In the first two decades of the 19th century, the Zulu people grew in power and expanded their territory under their leader, Shaka. |
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| In 1834, it became the homeland of the Ndebele people, displaced by the Zulus under the command of Shaka. |
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| Its an hour and a half from King Shaka International Airport and 30 minutes from Oribi Airport in Pietermaritzburg. |
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| Steve Harper has warned England to beware of his former Newcastle United colleague Shaka Hislop in the World Cup game with Trinidad and Tobago in Nuremburg. |
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| The 34-year-old signed a three-year deal for former boss Harry Redknapp, but made just five League starts after becoming third choice behind Shaka Hislop and Jamie Ashdown. |
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| Hammers keeper Shaka Hislop came racing into the Tottenham box for the late set-piece and distracted several players, allowing Ferdinand to score. |
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| Mzilikazi then organised his society into a military system with regimental kraals, similar to those of Shaka, which was stable enough to repel further Boer incursions. |
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| Most, such as those composed of the descendants of Shaka and Moshoeshoe of Southern Africa, belong to peoples that have been resident in the continent for millennia. |
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