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 29
... remained unchanged . At the age of fifteen it became apparent that Shaka was attaining puberty , * and that he would soon have to go to Sen- zangakona's Royal kraal to go through the ceremony prescribed for all boys at that age , and to ...
... remained unchanged . At the age of fifteen it became apparent that Shaka was attaining puberty , * and that he would soon have to go to Sen- zangakona's Royal kraal to go through the ceremony prescribed for all boys at that age , and to ...
Page 236
... remained an interested spectator on one of the spurs of the towering Qudeni Range , probably in order to be able the better to follow the pro- of the two divisions . gress The object aimed at by this division of the Zulu army was no ...
... remained an interested spectator on one of the spurs of the towering Qudeni Range , probably in order to be able the better to follow the pro- of the two divisions . gress The object aimed at by this division of the Zulu army was no ...
Page 338
... remained a frozen mute . Thereupon , in an ungovernable rage , Shaka seized the little child by the heels , and swinging it on high crushed its head by bringing it down violently against the floor . The horrified mother looked on in ...
... remained a frozen mute . Thereupon , in an ungovernable rage , Shaka seized the little child by the heels , and swinging it on high crushed its head by bringing it down violently against the floor . The horrified mother looked on in ...
Contents
Introduction | 7 |
Zululand and the Zulus in the late Eighteenth | 15 |
Birth and Exile | 25 |
Copyright | |
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