SHAKA ZULU Original Soundtrack - Track 10 -" Pampata - Wemsheli Wami " by Stella Khumalo

* I DO NOT OWN THE RIGHTS TO THIS SONG!!!  THIS SONG COMES FROM AN OLD CD THAT IS LONG OUT-OF-PRINT!!! *

    Chaka, King of the Zulus and Emperor of many of the peoples of Southern Africa, reigned at around the time of King George the 5th ( and John Quincy Adams, or was it Andrew Jackson?  in the United States ) right when the British were beginning to establish a colony at Cape Town.  His personal story is sad and sordid but he was a great man with the tactical ability of Napoleon and Caesar.  The miniseries by Edward C. Faure encapsulated his grandeur.  This is my favorite song from that miniseries, about the love between Chaka and his main servant girl.  For the definitive history of the Zulu empire from it's beginnings through Cetheswayo ( the last Zulu king before the empire was disbanded ) read the book " The Washing of the Spears " by Donald R. Morris.