Cetshwayo biography of william shakespeare

King of the Zulu Kingdom (–)

Cetshwayo kaMpande (; Zulu pronunciation:[ᵏǀétʃwajokámpande]; c.

The piece details his experience of telling Shakespeare's stories in the townships of Kimberley, where his audiences assumed they were of local origin, as well.

The piece details his experience of telling Shakespeare's stories in the townships of Kimberley, where his audiences assumed they were of local origin, as well.

Similarly, in the historical account of Cetshwayo's life, the last king of the Zulu Kingdom, tragic themes are embodied through the struggles and conflicts he.

William Shakespeare and South African Drama.

This piece offers a discursive foray into some leading features of South African Shakespeare, framed between two symbolic 'book-ends'.

William Shakespeare.

– 8 February ) was the king^[a] of the Zulu Kingdom from to and its Commander in Chief during the Anglo-Zulu War of His name has been transliterated as Cetawayo, Cetewayo, Cetywajo and Ketchwayo.

Cetshwayo consistently opposed the war and sought fruitlessly to make peace with the British and was defeated and exiled following the Zulu defeat in the war. He was later allowed to return to Zululand, where he died in

Early life

Cetshwayo was a son of Zulu king Mpande^[1] and Queen Ngqumbazi, half-nephew of Zulu king Shaka and grandson of Senzangakhona.

In he defeated and killed in battle his younger brother Mbuyazi, Mpande's favourite, at the Battle of Ndondakusuka. Almost all of Mbuyazi's followers were massacred in the aftermath of the battle, including five of Cetshwayo's brothers.^[2] Following this he became the ruler of the Zu