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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Page 124
... Matiwane sent a request to Mtimkulu to return his cattle , and the latter raised objections . Mtimkulu's tribe - the Hlubis - was big and powerful , and en- joyed Dingiswayo's special favour , as he had himself found refuge with it for ...
... Matiwane sent a request to Mtimkulu to return his cattle , and the latter raised objections . Mtimkulu's tribe - the Hlubis - was big and powerful , and en- joyed Dingiswayo's special favour , as he had himself found refuge with it for ...
Page 127
... Matiwane , leaving in his care one of his wives and sons , himself broken of heart and sick for home , passed on his way . ' * Matiwane finally reached Zululand to find that Shaka was no more , and Dingane on the throne . The latter ...
... Matiwane , leaving in his care one of his wives and sons , himself broken of heart and sick for home , passed on his way . ' * Matiwane finally reached Zululand to find that Shaka was no more , and Dingane on the throne . The latter ...
Page 304
... Matiwane's Ngwanes and the other migrating hordes , not to mention Mzilikazi's Matabele , who had now also put in an ... Matiwane had been cleared from that neighbourhood by the Zulus in 1822 . Then Mshweshwe stopped the consignments and ...
... Matiwane's Ngwanes and the other migrating hordes , not to mention Mzilikazi's Matabele , who had now also put in an ... Matiwane had been cleared from that neighbourhood by the Zulus in 1822 . Then Mshweshwe stopped the consignments and ...
Contents
Introduction | 7 |
Zululand and the Zulus in the late Eighteenth | 15 |
Birth and Exile | 25 |
Copyright | |
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