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Shaka
Shaka
Zulu chief
Albert John Luthuli
Albert John Luthuli
South African leader
King of the Zulu
Cetshwayo
Zulu king
Mangosuthu Buthelezi
South African politician
Colenso, detail of an oil painting by Samuel Sidley, 1866; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
John Colenso
Anglican bishop of Natal, South Africa
Dingane
Zulu king of Natal