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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E. A. Ritter. Meanwhile at home his sisters and neighbouring girls collected a number of switches . Milking - time at midday came and passed ; but no cows came home . Then the girls , armed with their switches , were mustered and ...
E. A. Ritter. Meanwhile at home his sisters and neighbouring girls collected a number of switches . Milking - time at midday came and passed ; but no cows came home . Then the girls , armed with their switches , were mustered and ...
Page 99
... girls of the same age - group as the bride . A number of older men accompanied them and also washed , slightly apart from them . The Zulus say they like a per- son to nuka ' manzi ( ' to smell of water ' ) , and Shaka himself was the ...
... girls of the same age - group as the bride . A number of older men accompanied them and also washed , slightly apart from them . The Zulus say they like a per- son to nuka ' manzi ( ' to smell of water ' ) , and Shaka himself was the ...
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... girls of their choice . Some of the men were beaten to death with sticks ; others , with the girls , were strangled . And in this massacre Shaka was supported by the people , for it was according to the law that adulterers should die ...
... girls of their choice . Some of the men were beaten to death with sticks ; others , with the girls , were strangled . And in this massacre Shaka was supported by the people , for it was according to the law that adulterers should die ...
Contents
Introduction | 7 |
Zululand and the Zulus in the late Eighteenth | 15 |
Birth and Exile | 25 |
Copyright | |
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