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 210
... asked for a bark bandage , a ball of spider's web and ' joye ' leaves . The guard replied that he only had orders to supply food and drink , but that he would refer the matter immediately to the King . Very shortly he returned and told ...
... asked for a bark bandage , a ball of spider's web and ' joye ' leaves . The guard replied that he only had orders to supply food and drink , but that he would refer the matter immediately to the King . Very shortly he returned and told ...
Page 269
... asked Songqoza . ' What else have I asked you all here for 269 Shaka's Court of Justice at the new Bulawayo.
... asked Songqoza . ' What else have I asked you all here for 269 Shaka's Court of Justice at the new Bulawayo.
Page 360
... asked him to demonstrate it with a pumpkin on which he placed some grains of corn to represent people . ' Now turn it and see what will happen , ' and the upshot was that the Lieutenant looked rather foolish and Shaka laughed heartily ...
... asked him to demonstrate it with a pumpkin on which he placed some grains of corn to represent people . ' Now turn it and see what will happen , ' and the upshot was that the Lieutenant looked rather foolish and Shaka laughed heartily ...
Contents
Introduction | 7 |
Zululand and the Zulus in the late Eighteenth | 15 |
Birth and Exile | 25 |
Copyright | |
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