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 117
... looked on with intense interest . At last the bones were thrown , and the thrower looked at them in a dreamy way and said : ' Why , they point all ways , and at no one in particular . ' Here the third senior shook her vigorously and ...
... looked on with intense interest . At last the bones were thrown , and the thrower looked at them in a dreamy way and said : ' Why , they point all ways , and at no one in particular . ' Here the third senior shook her vigorously and ...
Page 167
... looked for leadership to Dingiswayo now turned towards Shaka , the Zulu and Mtetwa peoples grew together , Mlandela , an old friend of Shaka , became Mtetwa chief , while the Mtetwa Ngomane became Zulu prime minister . As the young Zulu ...
... looked for leadership to Dingiswayo now turned towards Shaka , the Zulu and Mtetwa peoples grew together , Mlandela , an old friend of Shaka , became Mtetwa chief , while the Mtetwa Ngomane became Zulu prime minister . As the young Zulu ...
Page 303
... looked ex- hausted , and even the King and Mgobozi showed signs of strain . Shaka looked at them all and remarked that they were harder than he had supposed , and had now all earned a long rest . Where- upon everyone lay down and slept ...
... looked ex- hausted , and even the King and Mgobozi showed signs of strain . Shaka looked at them all and remarked that they were harder than he had supposed , and had now all earned a long rest . Where- upon everyone lay down and slept ...
Contents
Introduction | 7 |
Zululand and the Zulus in the late Eighteenth | 15 |
Birth and Exile | 25 |
Copyright | |
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