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 235
... sent an urgent message to the Cunu chief , Macingwane , bidding him to guard the lower fords of the Buffalo river while he ( Ngoza ) barred the way above , at Mount Hlazakazi . All the tribal cattle , with the women and children , were sent ...
... sent an urgent message to the Cunu chief , Macingwane , bidding him to guard the lower fords of the Buffalo river while he ( Ngoza ) barred the way above , at Mount Hlazakazi . All the tribal cattle , with the women and children , were sent ...
Page 347
... sent with Lieutenant King . ' ' Have you no sign , or token , or feather , or tiger's tail , or tooth , to show you were sent by Shaka ? ' ' We generally send cattle , but as the vessel could not take them , Shaka has sent an ivory tusk ...
... sent with Lieutenant King . ' ' Have you no sign , or token , or feather , or tiger's tail , or tooth , to show you were sent by Shaka ? ' ' We generally send cattle , but as the vessel could not take them , Shaka has sent an ivory tusk ...
Page 359
... sent ' , writes Fynn , ' to build for Shaka a house like those used by Europeans . ' He brought with him a saw , a hammer , a gimlet , and an adze , also some nails . Shaka wished to know the uses of these things , except the hammer ...
... sent ' , writes Fynn , ' to build for Shaka a house like those used by Europeans . ' He brought with him a saw , a hammer , a gimlet , and an adze , also some nails . Shaka wished to know the uses of these things , except the hammer ...
Contents
Introduction | 7 |
Zululand and the Zulus in the late Eighteenth | 15 |
Birth and Exile | 25 |
Copyright | |
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