white shaka - graphic novel

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Award-winning preview of the new Graphic Novel adventure about a boy who discovers his biracial heritage in Africa. He learns from the great warrior Shaka Zulu who somehow invented African feminism and inspired Gandhi's passive resistance. Based on a true story. Winner of the 2009 Fuze Multimedia Storytelling contest. For more visit http://www.whiteshaka.com Created and storyboarded by Alan Brody Graphics by Revo Yanson Music: Yeah, Yeah by Draztik from the Zulu-language album Imbube

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In the 19th Century a White Guy

became a full Zulu Chief

- based on a true story

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125 years later – an unsuspectingdescendant wants to be a rapper…

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I got my own moves. Respect bro’ –

but you don’t gotta be black.

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It helps!

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Hey man, all I did was use your name as a reference.

Yeah? So here’s my stamp of approval.

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Boy, you sure keep trying!

BRAD!

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Even though his friends still support him.

He knows he won’t make it.

WE’RE WITH YOU, MAN

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So he heads to City College to claim his Financial Aid package……

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But they tell him he’s too rich for aid.He’s the heir to an Empire…in Africa!

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So he sells all his equipment and heads

out to Africa to claim his birthright.

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But when he tracks down his family…

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He discovers that the Empire…

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…isn’t his, exactly…

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Instead, he has entered a War Zone!

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So he learns the real story abouthis great-great grandfather…

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The dangerous journey…

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…that earned him the Empire.

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Until it all began to unravel…

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….and dragged him into the Anglo-Zulu War!

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Then he meets a pretty lawyer who tells

him what the Empire is really worth!

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She takes him to meet the Zulu King.

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He teams up with a Zulu MC - and starts an act.

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He gets a little magic…

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He meets a Zulu girl.

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He hangs out with his partnerin the township.

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Where he discovers what Gandhi learned from the Zulus.

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And what Shaka did for feminists.

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Then he is attacked!

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So he heads out for the wilds.

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And plans a way to win back his Empire.