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 44
... blade continued . Again and again Shaka voiced his dissatisfaction , and with the exacting demands of genius insisted on every little detail of his conception being carried out . The night was far spent before he was satisfied with the ...
... blade continued . Again and again Shaka voiced his dissatisfaction , and with the exacting demands of genius insisted on every little detail of his conception being carried out . The night was far spent before he was satisfied with the ...
Page 45
... blade . It was now about cock - crow , but Ngonyama did not cease his toil until the light of dawn . Then he began polishing the blade whilst an assistant climbed into a high tree growing well above the defile , from which vantage point ...
... blade . It was now about cock - crow , but Ngonyama did not cease his toil until the light of dawn . Then he began polishing the blade whilst an assistant climbed into a high tree growing well above the defile , from which vantage point ...
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... blade to haft very firmly . Every type of Zulu assegai has a specific name . As yet Shaka did not name his blade . That was only to come after he had first killed in battle with it . He then called it ' Ixwa ' . No one knows what the ...
... blade to haft very firmly . Every type of Zulu assegai has a specific name . As yet Shaka did not name his blade . That was only to come after he had first killed in battle with it . He then called it ' Ixwa ' . No one knows what the ...
Contents
Introduction | 7 |
Zululand and the Zulus in the late Eighteenth | 15 |
Birth and Exile | 25 |
Copyright | |
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