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 68
... Mbiya's decline , and promised them large rewards if they should succeed , and he frequently sacrificed an ox to Mbiya's ancestors ; only a council meeting called by Dingiswayo , at his O - Yengweni kraal would keep Shaka from Mbiya's ...
... Mbiya's decline , and promised them large rewards if they should succeed , and he frequently sacrificed an ox to Mbiya's ancestors ; only a council meeting called by Dingiswayo , at his O - Yengweni kraal would keep Shaka from Mbiya's ...
Page 103
... Mbiya . Well before noon next day the journey was accomplished , and having sent messengers to Ngomane that he had arrived , Shaka entered the hut of the dying man . Mbiya was frail and old , but his intelligence was unim- paired . He ...
... Mbiya . Well before noon next day the journey was accomplished , and having sent messengers to Ngomane that he had arrived , Shaka entered the hut of the dying man . Mbiya was frail and old , but his intelligence was unim- paired . He ...
Page 105
... Mbiya expressed a desire to sleep and Shaka left him with streaming eyes . That night Mbiya died . Shaka made all the funeral arrangements next morning , but did not stay for the funeral itself , as this would have meant , ac- cording ...
... Mbiya expressed a desire to sleep and Shaka left him with streaming eyes . That night Mbiya died . Shaka made all the funeral arrangements next morning , but did not stay for the funeral itself , as this would have meant , ac- cording ...
Contents
Introduction | 7 |
Zululand and the Zulus in the late Eighteenth | 15 |
Birth and Exile | 25 |
Copyright | |
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