Chaka

Chaka is the third and final novel by Lesotho writer ''Thomas Mofolo. Written in Sesotho, it is a mythic fictional retelling of the story of the rise and fall of the Zulu Kingdom|Zulu emperor-king Shaka. Following its first publication in 1925, it was published in English translation in 1931.

Quotes

 * Ambition is made of sterner stuff.‘
 * (Pg. 153)


 * Indeed, Chaka proves this when he made a shattering decision to sacrifice Noliwa his betrothed and sister to Dingiswayo, on the altar of ambition and absolute power. Through her death, Chaka becomes an absolute monarch, the greatest, most revered and feared King in all Zululand and beyond. His pathological cruelty also knew no bounds.


 * You are killing me in the hope that you will be kings when I am dead, where as you are wrong, that is not the way it would be because umlungu, the white man is coming, and it is he who will rule you and you will be his servants.”
 * ( Pg.167)


 * I recommend this great novel for all lovers of historical fiction.