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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... clan system . For the Zulu clan was but the multiplication of minor families thrown off from a common ancestral source , still represented in the person of the reigning chieftain - each cast - off kraal thus becoming in itself an ...
... clan system . For the Zulu clan was but the multiplication of minor families thrown off from a common ancestral source , still represented in the person of the reigning chieftain - each cast - off kraal thus becoming in itself an ...
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... clan's battles , made raids when the State funds were low- the State funds , of course , being the king's cattle ; they slew convicted , and even suspected , malefactors and confiscated their property in the king's name ; they built and ...
... clan's battles , made raids when the State funds were low- the State funds , of course , being the king's cattle ; they slew convicted , and even suspected , malefactors and confiscated their property in the king's name ; they built and ...
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... clan , who in a few years rose to be Shaka's generalissimo , and Nzobo , son of Sobadli of the Ntombela clan , who also became a leading general . Dingiswayo also allowed a number of his men to transfer to Shaka's service . The new ...
... clan , who in a few years rose to be Shaka's generalissimo , and Nzobo , son of Sobadli of the Ntombela clan , who also became a leading general . Dingiswayo also allowed a number of his men to transfer to Shaka's service . The new ...
Contents
Introduction | 7 |
Zululand and the Zulus in the late Eighteenth | 15 |
Birth and Exile | 25 |
Copyright | |
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