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 145
... hill , whilst the rest were immediately opposite in the rear , but completely hidden from view . His total fighting strength on Qokli hill was approximately 3600 men , of whom little more than 1600 were visible to his enemies . They ...
... hill , whilst the rest were immediately opposite in the rear , but completely hidden from view . His total fighting strength on Qokli hill was approximately 3600 men , of whom little more than 1600 were visible to his enemies . They ...
Page 157
... hill . Rank after rank came on , until the head of the column reached the foot of the hill seventy - five ranks in a column 200 yards along . Nomahlanjana was using a battering ram against two lines of Zulus , whom he expected to drive ...
... hill . Rank after rank came on , until the head of the column reached the foot of the hill seventy - five ranks in a column 200 yards along . Nomahlanjana was using a battering ram against two lines of Zulus , whom he expected to drive ...
Page 163
... hill - top , and on the morrow rejoin your regiments . ' With a grateful Bayete ! the Outposts went to do his bidding . Shaka was now rejoined by his staff and the military council , including Mdlaka , Ngomane and Nqoboka . Nzobo and ...
... hill - top , and on the morrow rejoin your regiments . ' With a grateful Bayete ! the Outposts went to do his bidding . Shaka was now rejoined by his staff and the military council , including Mdlaka , Ngomane and Nqoboka . Nzobo and ...
Contents
Introduction | 7 |
Zululand and the Zulus in the late Eighteenth | 15 |
Birth and Exile | 25 |
Copyright | |
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