I thought Shakaland would have been touristy and kitschy – it wasn’t. Located in a beautiful and tranquil area of rolling hills overlooking the Phobane Lake, Shakaland is an authentic Zulu kraal with beehive thatched huts built on the set where the movie, Shaka Zulu was filmed, the same land on which the Zulus fought many battles. That movie was, I believe, my first introduction to King Shaka, one of...