A historical account on the life of the Zulu King Shaka.
Framed around Queen Victoria's decision on England's political stance towards the Zulu Nation, this mini-series details King Shaka's rise and fall with mythic detail. Prophecy is mixed with recorded fact regarding Shaka's birth, exile, innovations in warfare, assumption of the throne, building of the Zulu Empire, first contact with Europe and the events that lead to his downfall.
Aired: Oct 24, 1986 As Shaka the Zulu king rises to power in the 1820s Africa, the British Empire...
Aired: Oct 24, 1986 After being shipwrecked off the coast of Zululand, the British are escorted t...
Aired: Oct 31, 1986 In a flashback to 1786, Zulu Prince Senzangakona romances Nandi, a member of ...
Aired: Nov 7, 1986 Prince Senzangakona makes Nandi a royal wife but continues to abuse her, whic...
Aired: Nov 14, 1986 Shaka has grown into a fine young man. Senzangakona invites him to return to ...
Aired: Nov 21, 1986 Shaka goes deep into the Nkandla forest and has a blacksmith forge a stabbing...
Aired: Nov 26, 1986 Shaka is severely wounded during an assassination attempt and Fynn saves his ...
Aired: Dec 5, 1986 Fynn traces the history of Shaka and the Ndwandwe king Zwide after Shaka orde...
Aired: Dec 12, 1986 Shaka agrees to help build a boat to carry Farewell and a Zulu delegation to ...
Aired: Dec 19, 1986 Shaka helps Farewell and a Zulu delegation to get to Cape Town, where Lord So...
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