He instituted a conscription policy known as Impi and first obtained prominence at the Battle of Gqokli Hill.
This man's innovations included the "buffalo horns formation," and he gradually phased out the use of the assegai. Henry Flynn and Nathaniel Isaacs became acquainted with him and recorded many of his exploits. He instituted a conscription policy known as Impi and first obtained prominence at the Battle of Gqokli Hill. Moshoeshoe was his chief rival, and in addition to proclaiming a three-month fast, he ordered seven thousand people executed upon the death of his mother Nandi, and he was later murdered and succeeded by his half- brother Dingaan. Responsible for the turbulent Mfecane, FTP, name this man whose name translates as "intestinal parasite," an iconic Zulu chieftain.
This man's innovations included the "buffalo horns formation," and he gradually phased out the use of the assegai.
{Shaka} or {Chaka} Zulu