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 185
... night the Ndwandwes camped on the south bank of the Umhlatuze - cold , hungry , and mostly sleepless because of the night alarms of the Zulus , whose main army was camped in the relative warmth of an eastern outrunner of the Nkandla ...
... night the Ndwandwes camped on the south bank of the Umhlatuze - cold , hungry , and mostly sleepless because of the night alarms of the Zulus , whose main army was camped in the relative warmth of an eastern outrunner of the Nkandla ...
Page 187
... night , in July 1819 , was presented an eerie sight of savage majesty , with 10,000 Zulu warriors camped under the canopy of the great yellowwood trees , the underside of whose leaves reflected the glow of a thousand fires and the ...
... night , in July 1819 , was presented an eerie sight of savage majesty , with 10,000 Zulu warriors camped under the canopy of the great yellowwood trees , the underside of whose leaves reflected the glow of a thousand fires and the ...
Page 188
... night's sleep , and to break down their nerves generally . Actually , he was anticipating by over a century a Commando raid . The raiding party was now drawn up before Shaka in a forest clearing , in which there was burning a big fire ...
... night's sleep , and to break down their nerves generally . Actually , he was anticipating by over a century a Commando raid . The raiding party was now drawn up before Shaka in a forest clearing , in which there was burning a big fire ...
Contents
Introduction | 7 |
Zululand and the Zulus in the late Eighteenth | 15 |
Birth and Exile | 25 |
Copyright | |
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