Shaka Zulu was the much-feared warrior king of his people from 1816 to 1829 and is credited with the forging of the Zulu nation. His military achievements were astonishing, changing completely the way in which bantu people fought by inventing the throwing spear (assegai) to replace the stabbing spear (iklwa). He would have dissenters killed for sneezing with the flick of his fingers and was so distraught after the death of his mother that he went rampaging throughout Southern Africa, killing literally millions of people in his path. Never did a man love his mother so much!