Just like the title says. I have no background in the topic so nothing too advanced, but not an overly popular treatment either. Any recommendations?
I am on a phone so can't fully format these. But I point people two two books: John Laband, Rise and Fall of the Zulu Kingdom, and Dan Wylie, Myth of Iron: Shaka in History. I can look for a good, more popular treatment, as those are both very big books and go beyond the life and times of Shaka.