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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E. A. Ritter. responsible post in the Zulu army . Mzilikazi brought with him only a limited number of his clansmen , the northern Kumalos . But presently the southern Kumalos , the Mabasos , and the kin- dred clans of the Kozas ...
E. A. Ritter. responsible post in the Zulu army . Mzilikazi brought with him only a limited number of his clansmen , the northern Kumalos . But presently the southern Kumalos , the Mabasos , and the kin- dred clans of the Kozas ...
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... army . When the latter then essayed to attack on the whole front , Shaka refused action and retired , but only sufficiently to keep a distance of two spears ' throw between his army and the enemy . This tanta- lizing interval he kept up ...
... army . When the latter then essayed to attack on the whole front , Shaka refused action and retired , but only sufficiently to keep a distance of two spears ' throw between his army and the enemy . This tanta- lizing interval he kept up ...
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... warriors , with a promise to send them any spare cattle he could capture . It was all he could do under the circumstances . As Mdlaka forged westwards and upwards into the middle high- lands the Zulu army was suddenly confronted by an ...
... warriors , with a promise to send them any spare cattle he could capture . It was all he could do under the circumstances . As Mdlaka forged westwards and upwards into the middle high- lands the Zulu army was suddenly confronted by an ...
Contents
Introduction | 7 |
Zululand and the Zulus in the late Eighteenth | 15 |
Birth and Exile | 25 |
Copyright | |
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