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 64
... Shaka he said , Nodumehlezi was Sigidi ( One Thousand ) indeed , inasmuch as he was worth 1000 men , and that he was the Nkalakata ( anything huge and outsize ) whose plumed head was ... Shaka's fierce reply was immediate : He 64 Shaka Zulu.
... Shaka he said , Nodumehlezi was Sigidi ( One Thousand ) indeed , inasmuch as he was worth 1000 men , and that he was the Nkalakata ( anything huge and outsize ) whose plumed head was ... Shaka's fierce reply was immediate : He 64 Shaka Zulu.
Page 167
... Shaka's reputation had already become and formidable though the Zulus were known to be , before the battle of Qokli hill Shaka was not great enough for the confederation - the word is used loosely to re - form about the nucleus of Bula ...
... Shaka's reputation had already become and formidable though the Zulus were known to be , before the battle of Qokli hill Shaka was not great enough for the confederation - the word is used loosely to re - form about the nucleus of Bula ...
Page 407
... Shaka , 121-2 ; and witch- doctors at Shaka's smelling- out parade , 262-8 , 271–2 ; death of , 273 Nodumehlezi , see Shaka Noluju , 169 , 170 , 183 Nomads of Wrath , 127 Nomagwebu , 309 , 330 Nomahlanjana , and command of Ndwandwes ...
... Shaka , 121-2 ; and witch- doctors at Shaka's smelling- out parade , 262-8 , 271–2 ; death of , 273 Nodumehlezi , see Shaka Noluju , 169 , 170 , 183 Nomads of Wrath , 127 Nomagwebu , 309 , 330 Nomahlanjana , and command of Ndwandwes ...
Contents
Introduction | 7 |
Zululand and the Zulus in the late Eighteenth | 15 |
Birth and Exile | 25 |
Copyright | |
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