Debates in History: Short Academic Review of a book/chapter. “…the power of the image of Shaka lies not, as most previous commentators have suggested, in its openness to manipulation, to invention, and to imaginative reworkings. Rather it is to be found in, … the historical limits and constraints attached to Shakan historiography…and to the possible depictions of Shaka.” In this essay I intend to discuss chapter 2, of Terrific Majesty by Carolyn Hamilton. Throughout history …showed first 75 words of 1377 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1377 total…from Fynn and King as genuine, as at this time there was no relevant reason, for either of them to make false declarations. The evidence that I have researched and that is verified by the praise poems supports this theory. However, without concise written evidence from the period, to provide an unbiased account of Shaka’s true character, unmotivated by personal greed, or power issues, it is difficult to determine an accurate representation of him.