Shaka Zulu (1986)

A historical account on the life of the Zulu King Shaka.

Cast: Edward Fox, Robert Powell, Trevor Howard, Fiona Fullerton, Christopher Lee, Henry Cele, Dudu Mkhize, Roy Dotrice, Gordon Jackson, Kenneth Griffith, Conrad Magwaza, Patrick Ndlovu, Roland Mqwebu, Gugu Nxumalo, Tu Nokwe, Vuyisile Bojana, Bingo Mbonjeni, Simon Sabela, Sam Williams, Alex Heyns, Graham Armitage, Geoff Albert, Sonke Buthelezi, John Carson, Khumbulani Cele, Dabula Ciliza, Bill Curry, Terence Dlamini, Thembinkosi Dlamini, Glen Gabela, King Beaters Gabelah, Winston Gama, P.W.M. Gardner, Keith Grenville, Zipathe Gumede, Daphney Hlomuka

10Season 1

Part 10

December 11, 1986

Shaka helps Farewell and a Zulu delegation to get to Cape Town, where Lord Somerset imprisons them; Nandi's death sends Shaka into a frenzy of destruction.

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Part 9

December 4, 1986

Shaka agrees to help build a boat to carry Farewell and a Zulu delegation to Cape Town, where they are imprisoned by Somerset; Shaka is furious that Pampata has borne him a son.

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Part 8

November 27, 1986

Fynn traces the history of Shaka and the Ndwandwe king Zwide after Shaka orders the Britons to help fight Zwide, who was responsible for the death of Dingiswayo.

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Part 7

November 20, 1986

Shaka is severely wounded during an assassination attempt and Fynn saves his life. In gratitude, Shaka gives land and permission to hunt for ivory to Farewell. However in Capetown both Shaka and Farewell are proclaimed dead.

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Part 6

November 13, 1986

Shaka goes deep into the Nkandla forest and has a blacksmith forge a stabbing spear, which he has empowered by "The Nameless One" and given magical powers. However, it is predicted that the weapon will possess Shaka. After a series of military victories, Shaka finally faces his father as he attempts to conquer the Zulu Kingdom.

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Part 5

November 6, 1986

Shaka has grown into a fine young man. Senzangakona invites him to return to Zululand and become the heir apparent, but upon his return he is forced to flee for his life. He is eventually taken in by another tribe and trains as a soldier.

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Part 4

October 30, 1986

Prince Senzangakona makes Nandi a royal wife but continues to abuse her, which brings a death threat from the teenage Shaka. Nandi and Shaka flee and return to her people, but are unwelcome and flee once again. Considered outcasts of two kingdoms, Shaka grows up thirsty for revenge, determined to take his father's throne by force

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Part 3

October 23, 1986

In a flashback to 1786, Zulu Prince Senzangakona romances Nandi, a member of the neighboring Elangeni kingdom. Their indiscretions result in two children out of wedlock, including a boy named Shaka.

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Part 2

October 16, 1986

After being shipwrecked off the coast of Zululand, the British are escorted to Shaka's Capitol, Kwa-Bulawayo, where they meet Shaka and his mother Nandi. Shaka then demonstrates his power over his people and proves that he is not a man to be underestimated.

01Season 1

Part I

November 24, 1986

As Shaka the Zulu king rises to power in the 1820s Africa, the British Empire begins to see him and his Empire as a threat to theirs.