He was the Nero and the Napoleon of Africa; a monster in cruelty and crime, yet a great warrior and conqueror.

He commenced his career by murdering his relatives to obtain the sovereignty.

As soon as he had succeeded, he murdered all those whom he thought inimical to him, and who had been friends to his relatives." "But are the Zoolus Caffres ?" "No; but there are many races to the northward which we consider as Caffre races.

You may have observed, in the history of the world, that the migrations of the human race are generally from the north to the south: so it appears to have been in Africa.

Some convulsion among the northern tribes, probably a pressure from excessive population, had driven the Zoolus to the southward, and they came down like an inundation, sweeping before them all the tribes that fell in their path.
Chaka's force consisted of nearly 100,000 warriors, of whom 15,000 were always in attendance to execute his orders.