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Why didnt shaka zulu just use guns to fend off the british and the voortrekkers?

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He is widely credited with transforming the Zulu tribe from a small clan into the beginnings of a nation that held sway over the large portion of Southern Africa between the Phongolo and Mzimkhulu rivers.

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Their military skills were excellent and they were so many they didn't need guns.
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Because they didn't have any.
Because they didn't have guns. Besides the spears and military skills worked just fine.
Because he preferred to mutilate and eat them.
They didn't have guns.
Still a shart pointy stick can hurt!!!
They are great traditionalists, and their spears worked well. No reason for guns.
the zulus did defeat the british at Isandlwana a few years after shaka, with only sticks and spears.it was a humiliation for the british empire who supposedly had the best modern army in the world.
a clear case of David defeating Goliath.
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