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 207
... hyaena cowered away , but presently Ntombazi was gratified to hear an ominous crunch as the starved scavenger sank its powerful jaws into the mouldy scalp and bones . The gruesome crunching con- tinued in the dark , and the hyaena ...
... hyaena cowered away , but presently Ntombazi was gratified to hear an ominous crunch as the starved scavenger sank its powerful jaws into the mouldy scalp and bones . The gruesome crunching con- tinued in the dark , and the hyaena ...
Page 208
... hyaena in the presence of much , but inaccessible , meat broke the silence , and even the guards outside felt their ... hyaena had kept an unnerving silence . Daylight came at last and showed the hyaena lying down with its head on its ...
... hyaena in the presence of much , but inaccessible , meat broke the silence , and even the guards outside felt their ... hyaena had kept an unnerving silence . Daylight came at last and showed the hyaena lying down with its head on its ...
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... hyaena by crawling towards the shadowy form , but as yet it evaded her , and once more she settled down with her back against the wall of the hut . Presently the hyaena approached and commenced to lick up some of the blood which had ...
... hyaena by crawling towards the shadowy form , but as yet it evaded her , and once more she settled down with her back against the wall of the hut . Presently the hyaena approached and commenced to lick up some of the blood which had ...
Contents
Introduction | 7 |
Zululand and the Zulus in the late Eighteenth | 15 |
Birth and Exile | 25 |
Copyright | |
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