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 ImbubeTRANSCRIPT
In the 19th Century a White Guy
became a full Zulu Chief
- based on a true story
125 years later – an unsuspectingdescendant wants to be a rapper…
I got my own moves. Respect bro’ –
but you don’t gotta be black.
It helps!
Hey man, all I did was use your name as a reference.
Yeah? So here’s my stamp of approval.
Boy, you sure keep trying!
BRAD!
Even though his friends still support him.
He knows he won’t make it.
WE’RE WITH YOU, MAN
So he heads to City College to claim his Financial Aid package……
But they tell him he’s too rich for aid.He’s the heir to an Empire…in Africa!
So he sells all his equipment and heads
out to Africa to claim his birthright.
But when he tracks down his family…
He discovers that the Empire…
…isn’t his, exactly…
Instead, he has entered a War Zone!
So he learns the real story abouthis great-great grandfather…
The dangerous journey…
…that earned him the Empire.
Until it all began to unravel…
….and dragged him into the Anglo-Zulu War!
Then he meets a pretty lawyer who tells
him what the Empire is really worth!
She takes him to meet the Zulu King.
He teams up with a Zulu MC - and starts an act.
He gets a little magic…
He meets a Zulu girl.
He hangs out with his partnerin the township.
Where he discovers what Gandhi learned from the Zulus.
And what Shaka did for feminists.
Then he is attacked!
So he heads out for the wilds.
And plans a way to win back his Empire.