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 102
... carried pointing upwards . Shaka had decreed that to punish Mgobozi for his greed - for to marry more than one bride ... carry out his plans , nay even survive , as he had many power- ful neighbours who were envious of his growing ...
... carried pointing upwards . Shaka had decreed that to punish Mgobozi for his greed - for to marry more than one bride ... carry out his plans , nay even survive , as he had many power- ful neighbours who were envious of his growing ...
Page 134
... carried no shields . The girls were carried off as booty and so was Donda's head to aug- ment Ntombazi's collection . Farther north dwelt another section of the Kumalos under Chief Mashobane , the father of the subsequently famous Mzili ...
... carried no shields . The girls were carried off as booty and so was Donda's head to aug- ment Ntombazi's collection . Farther north dwelt another section of the Kumalos under Chief Mashobane , the father of the subsequently famous Mzili ...
Page 171
... carried on with unabated energy , the shield- makers and smiths were kept busy throughout the land provid- ing uniform - coloured shields for the different regiments and the standardized stabbing blade for the warriors . Agriculture was ...
... carried on with unabated energy , the shield- makers and smiths were kept busy throughout the land provid- ing uniform - coloured shields for the different regiments and the standardized stabbing blade for the warriors . Agriculture was ...
Contents
Introduction | 7 |
Zululand and the Zulus in the late Eighteenth | 15 |
Birth and Exile | 25 |
Copyright | |
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