Shaka Zulu: The Rise of the Zulu Empire |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 36
Page 7
... boys should associate with the males of the kraal and grow manly , and the girls with their mothers and grow womanly . There were rules of etiquette governing almost every phase of Zulu daily life - how to deport oneself before elders ...
... boys should associate with the males of the kraal and grow manly , and the girls with their mothers and grow womanly . There were rules of etiquette governing almost every phase of Zulu daily life - how to deport oneself before elders ...
Page 18
... boys ' favourite game of uku gwaza insema ( to transfix or spear the insema , a tough round tuber about the size of a small football ) . This game consists of rolling the insema down a steep declivity past a line of boys armed with ...
... boys ' favourite game of uku gwaza insema ( to transfix or spear the insema , a tough round tuber about the size of a small football ) . This game consists of rolling the insema down a steep declivity past a line of boys armed with ...
Page 19
... boys morosely brooding , and , perhaps , dreaming dreams of conquest and empire . It must be remembered that these boys were living in an age when every kind of African wild beast still roamed the land . Leopards frequently made raids ...
... boys morosely brooding , and , perhaps , dreaming dreams of conquest and empire . It must be remembered that these boys were living in an age when every kind of African wild beast still roamed the land . Leopards frequently made raids ...
Contents
ZULULAND AND the ZULUS IN THE LATE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY I | 1 |
BIRTH AND EXILE II | 11 |
THE YOUNG SOLDIERPAMPATATHE ASSEGAI | 22 |
22 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
arrived assegai attack battle Bayete became beer Belebele blade body boys Bulawayo Butelezis cattle cattle-kraal chief clan commander councillors death Delagoa Bay Dingane Dingiswayo diviners Dukuza E-Langeni Elephant enemy eyes face Farewell Fasimba father fear feet fighting force forest formed front Fynn gave girls guards harem head heart hill hyaena immediately indunas Izi-cwe regiment killed King's knew Kumalos Lieutenant King lines looked maidens Matiwane Mbiya Mbopa Mbuzikazi Mdlaka Mgobozi Mhlangana miles military kraals mother Mqalane Mtetwa Mzilikazi Nandi Natal Ndwandwes Ngomane Ngonyama Nguni Ngwadi Ngwanes night Nkandla Nobela Nomahlanjana Nongoma Nqoboka Ntombazi Pampata Port Natal present Qokli Qwabes replied Royal sent Senzangakona Shaka shield shouted side silence slayers soon Soshangane spears stick Tembus throw told took tree tribe Tugela Tugela river u-dibi Umfolozi river warriors whilst White whole witch-doctors witchcraft women wounded Zulu army Zulu language Zululand Zwangendaba Zwide