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 254
... early every morning , shortly after sun- rise and before breakfast , for he was now a very busy monarch , who held every portfolio in the realm besides being its Chief Justice and Pontifex Maximus . These early sessions had the advan ...
... early every morning , shortly after sun- rise and before breakfast , for he was now a very busy monarch , who held every portfolio in the realm besides being its Chief Justice and Pontifex Maximus . These early sessions had the advan ...
Page 328
... early age . When Shaka therefore quietly strolled into Nandi's Emkindini kraal one early morning he was fifty miles nearer than where he was supposed to be . As he passed the opening of the reed fence screening the inner courtyard he ...
... early age . When Shaka therefore quietly strolled into Nandi's Emkindini kraal one early morning he was fifty miles nearer than where he was supposed to be . As he passed the opening of the reed fence screening the inner courtyard he ...
Page 373
... early affectionate patronage , had heaped every reward within his power on the kindly man who was now growing old . Ngomane considered that all was lost , and he and his family took to the bush country ; but not before giving Pampata a ...
... early affectionate patronage , had heaped every reward within his power on the kindly man who was now growing old . Ngomane considered that all was lost , and he and his family took to the bush country ; but not before giving Pampata a ...
Contents
Introduction | 7 |
Zululand and the Zulus in the late Eighteenth | 15 |
Birth and Exile | 25 |
Copyright | |
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