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 99
... party of girls joined in . The sib song is an invocation to the an- cestral spirits . ' The bride never goes empty ... party had thrown a piece of meat over it as an en- trance fee . Having done this , Mgobozi's proxy father gave each ...
... party of girls joined in . The sib song is an invocation to the an- cestral spirits . ' The bride never goes empty ... party had thrown a piece of meat over it as an en- trance fee . Having done this , Mgobozi's proxy father gave each ...
Page 100
... party re- paired to the river to wash and put on their finery . With the morning well advanced , the bridegroom parties like- * The term ' hut ' is flexible and may include one or more additional huts as annexes to " The hut ' . + Dr ...
... party re- paired to the river to wash and put on their finery . With the morning well advanced , the bridegroom parties like- * The term ' hut ' is flexible and may include one or more additional huts as annexes to " The hut ' . + Dr ...
Page 320
... party , numbering about one dozen muskets , for they included Jacob , the Swimmer - Shaka's interpreter - and some armed Natal natives , resolutely advanced on the Kumalos , of whom about fifty were visible among the great rocks near ...
... party , numbering about one dozen muskets , for they included Jacob , the Swimmer - Shaka's interpreter - and some armed Natal natives , resolutely advanced on the Kumalos , of whom about fifty were visible among the great rocks near ...
Contents
Introduction | 7 |
Zululand and the Zulus in the late Eighteenth | 15 |
Birth and Exile | 25 |
Copyright | |
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