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 187
... half - brother and future King of the Zulus . Another half - brother , fifteen - year - old Mpande , an u - dibi now , but later a king who ruled the Zulus for thirty - two years , was serving meat and beer to his brothers . Also ...
... half - brother and future King of the Zulus . Another half - brother , fifteen - year - old Mpande , an u - dibi now , but later a king who ruled the Zulus for thirty - two years , was serving meat and beer to his brothers . Also ...
Page 197
... Half of them had been killed on the river bank , and the other half had lost their spears and shields in swimming across the river to safety . As they swam a great number of these again were transfixed with the throwing spears which the ...
... Half of them had been killed on the river bank , and the other half had lost their spears and shields in swimming across the river to safety . As they swam a great number of these again were transfixed with the throwing spears which the ...
Page 216
... half - brothers ' , who ruled over military kraals , he gave 500 head of cattle each , and to the other ' half - mothers ' a generous portion . To Nandi he gave a herd of thousands and initiated steps for the building of her own great ...
... half - brothers ' , who ruled over military kraals , he gave 500 head of cattle each , and to the other ' half - mothers ' a generous portion . To Nandi he gave a herd of thousands and initiated steps for the building of her own great ...
Contents
Introduction | 7 |
Zululand and the Zulus in the late Eighteenth | 15 |
Birth and Exile | 25 |
Copyright | |
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