South Africa Is Only 116 Years Old. So Who Was Here First?

South Africa is only 116 years old. Before 1910, this land belonged to herders who killed a Portuguese viceroy, a kingdom that buried its royals with a golden rhino, a king who built an army from nothing, and a mountain no army could take. This is Part 3 of BEFORE: Africa Before the Borders. ▶ Part 1: Nigeria Didn't Exist Until 1914. These Empires Did. 🇳🇬    • Nigeria Didn’t Exist Until 1914. These Emp...   ▶ Part 2: Ghana Didn't Exist Until 1957. These Kingdoms Did. 🇬🇭    • Ghana Didn’t Exist Until 1957. These Kingd...   In this video: • Why the sun went black over Isandlwana, Britain's worst defeat against an African army • The Khoekhoe herders who killed Francisco de Almeida in 1510 • Mapungubwe and the golden rhinoceros • How Cape Town began as a vegetable garden for ships, and the story of Krotoa • A hundred years of war on the Xhosa frontier • Shaka and the truth behind the legend • Moshoeshoe, Thaba Bosiu, and why Lesotho is a country inside a country • Diamonds, gold, Rorke's Drift, a French prince and Winston Churchill's escape • How the Union of South Africa was born in 1910, and who was left out CHAPTERS 0:00 The day the sun went black 1:42 The Herders Who Killed a Viceroy 3:51 The Kingdom of the Golden Rhino 5:20 A Garden for Ships 7:43 A Hundred Years of War 10:03 The King Who Built an Army 12:02 The Mountain at Night 14:56 Diamonds, Gold and Spears 18:15 The Peace That Made a Country Which country should be next in the BEFORE series? Tell me in the comments 👇🏾 Some character lines are dramatized for storytelling. Real quotes (Winston Churchill, Henry Campbell-Bannerman, King Dingane, Moshoeshoe and a Zulu fighter at Isandlwana) come from historical records. SOURCES South African History Online: sahistory.org.za English Heritage: Cetshwayo blue plaque SANBI: Van Riebeeck's Hedge, Kirstenbosch International Churchill Society: Churchill as war correspondent Historic UK: Rorke's Drift, the Prince Imperial, the armoured train Wikipedia: Battle of Salt River, Isandlwana, Shaka, Krotoa, Xhosa Wars, Thaba Bosiu, Boer War concentration camps #SouthAfrica #AfricanHistory #ZuluHistory #History #Documentary Tags (go in the “Tags” box under “Show more” in YouTube Studio): south africa history, south africa before 1910, history of south africa, zulu kingdom, shaka zulu, battle of isandlwana, rorkes drift, cetshwayo, moshoeshoe, lesotho, mapungubwe, golden rhino, xhosa wars, boer war, great trek, cape town history, african history, before series, union of south africa, churchill boer war