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 74
... silent . ' There was a hushed silence but in the background someone scowled and made as if to speak , and then with one look at Shaka , kept a frozen silence . It was Dingane - Shaka's half- brother by Senzangakona's sixth wife Mpikase ...
... silent . ' There was a hushed silence but in the background someone scowled and made as if to speak , and then with one look at Shaka , kept a frozen silence . It was Dingane - Shaka's half- brother by Senzangakona's sixth wife Mpikase ...
Page 77
... silence convicts him ? ' Then Shaka turned to Mudli again and asked in the same gentle tones , ' Tell me , my uncle , why were you always so con- sistently unkind to my mother ? Why did you always slight her ? Tell her , for you see her ...
... silence convicts him ? ' Then Shaka turned to Mudli again and asked in the same gentle tones , ' Tell me , my uncle , why were you always so con- sistently unkind to my mother ? Why did you always slight her ? Tell her , for you see her ...
Page 270
... silence . Then , noting Shaka's approving smile , Nqiwane , not to be outdone , instantly chimed in , ' I - Zulu nempela ' ( ' The Heaven and none other ' ) . ' Nitshilo ! ye have said it , ' roared Shaka as he rose to his full majestic ...
... silence . Then , noting Shaka's approving smile , Nqiwane , not to be outdone , instantly chimed in , ' I - Zulu nempela ' ( ' The Heaven and none other ' ) . ' Nitshilo ! ye have said it , ' roared Shaka as he rose to his full majestic ...
Contents
Introduction | 7 |
Zululand and the Zulus in the late Eighteenth | 15 |
Birth and Exile | 25 |
Copyright | |
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