HISTORIFICATION

By Mlungisi Zwelihle Gumede Who was Shaka?, How shaka has been portrayed? What were the military tactics of king Shaka? INTRODUCTION Shaka was a wellknown political figure in the History of the Zulu people. In this short writings the above mentioned questions will be answered. This article will help university Students and school pupils(grade10). Who was Shaka? Insearch of history(127:2015) Shaka zulu was commonly known as Sigidi ka Senzangakhona. He was the great zulu king and the conqueror. Shaka lived in an area of South east Africa between the Drankensburg and Indian ocean. He brought Many chiefdoms together under his control. Shaka was the son of Senzangakhona and his mother was Nandi who was the daughter of Elangeni chiefdom. Sources differ as to where Shaka was born but most says that Shaka was born at Senzangakhona's homestead but his parents were not married. Some sources says that Shaka was born at Elangeni ( Ngunga Homestead), the home of his mother. There i

By Mlungisi Zwelihle Gumede This article is about history and types of written history. People tend to think that history is only about the past events of which is something wrong or not true. In this short writings questions like what is history?, will be answered and discussed fully. Types of written history such as narriative history, Didactic history and Genetic history will be discussed. What is history? History have been defined in different ways by historians and scholars of history. The definition of this term differ from one person to another and from one historian to another. According to some historians the word history comes from the Greec word "Historia" which means knowledge acquired through investigation. Defining the word history is problematic, it is a problem because people define the term history in various ways. Some have defined history as the events of the past. The actual happenings of the past and record or account of those events. The process of