The narrative disputes around the images of Emperor Shaka kaSenzangakhona and the Zulus in South Africa
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Shaka kaSenzangakhona, Zulu Empire, South AfricaAbstract
This work proposes to problematize and unveil the analytical-historiographical movements that accompany the narrative disputes around the different images of the best-known Zulu emperor, Shaka kaSenzangakhona. It is known that the discourses about the Zulu empire and Shaka’s legacy, initially, emerged from the accounts of travelers and colonial administrators, later, used by exogenous and white historians who, in their central formulations, interpreted the figure of Shaka as an irrational and bloodthirsty despot. However, on the other hand, the text also problematizes contemporary perceptions about the figure of Shaka, recovering the narrative of how historians and the social movements and political intellectuals in South Africa started to dedicate themselves to the “native question,” deconstructing and reconstructing the accounts of the history of the Zulu empire.
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