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 70
... Nqoboka , as chief of the Sokulu clan . Nqoboka had been ousted by his brother Nondlovu many years previously , and had then taken refuge with the Mtetwas . Nondlovu now disobeyed a summons to appear at Dingiswayo's court and it was ...
... Nqoboka , as chief of the Sokulu clan . Nqoboka had been ousted by his brother Nondlovu many years previously , and had then taken refuge with the Mtetwas . Nondlovu now disobeyed a summons to appear at Dingiswayo's court and it was ...
Page 140
... Nqoboka . Well before noon Nomahlanjana realized the hopelessness of trying to effect a crossing , no matter where he tried , so he broke off the action . He had lost several hundred men killed or drowned , whereas Shaka had only a few ...
... Nqoboka . Well before noon Nomahlanjana realized the hopelessness of trying to effect a crossing , no matter where he tried , so he broke off the action . He had lost several hundred men killed or drowned , whereas Shaka had only a few ...
Page 266
... Nqoboka prematurely , Nobela's uncanny reasoning powers might detect the truth , if indeed she had not already done so . Mbopa needed some hearten- ing companionship at this stage too . Shaka therefore decided to send Nqoboka to him ...
... Nqoboka prematurely , Nobela's uncanny reasoning powers might detect the truth , if indeed she had not already done so . Mbopa needed some hearten- ing companionship at this stage too . Shaka therefore decided to send Nqoboka to him ...
Contents
Introduction | 7 |
Zululand and the Zulus in the late Eighteenth | 15 |
Birth and Exile | 25 |
Copyright | |
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