Shaka Zulu"The classic of African History -- a biography of Shaka Zulu, founder of the Zulu nation, born leader and brilliant general...E.A. Ritter grew up with the Zulus, earning their respect and accumulating a rich store of material during his long association with them. Shaka's life and deeds had been handed down by word of mouth from generation to generation, and they are here evoked with a sense of drama and an eye for detail." -- Back cover. |
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User Review - nwdavies - LibraryThingA fascinating book about a fascinating man and culture. I was left with the feeling that, had Shaka been living in, say, Europe and been white he would have been heaped with long lasting praise as an ... Read full review
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User Review - DinadansFriend - LibraryThingOriginally written in 1955, I find this an excellent biography. Shaka began from a very low status position among his people and re-organized them into a very respectable, bronze or early Iron age ... Read full review
Contents
Introduction | 7 |
Zululand and the Zulus in the late Eighteenth Century | 17 |
Birth and Exile 15 | 25 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Shaka Zulu Longman simplified English series Penguin Nonfiction Series Penguin books |
| Author | E. A. Ritter |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | Penguin Books, 1978 |
| Original from | Indiana University |
| Digitized | 1 Sep 2010 |
| ISBN | 014004826X, 9780140048261 |
| Length | 411 pages |
| Subjects | › Biography & Autobiography / General |
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