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 271
... slayers to do unto them . These slayers were now giving bundles of skewers to the reprieved , and rage - maddened people . The reaction , due to the sudden reversal of fortunes , had made them into vengeful blood- thirsty leopards with ...
... slayers to do unto them . These slayers were now giving bundles of skewers to the reprieved , and rage - maddened people . The reaction , due to the sudden reversal of fortunes , had made them into vengeful blood- thirsty leopards with ...
Page 272
... slayers for the purpose of hitting the protruding heads of the skewers out of sight into their victims ' bodies , they fell on the writhing diviners . With true unthinking mob - violence , they now started on an orgy of skull - smashing ...
... slayers for the purpose of hitting the protruding heads of the skewers out of sight into their victims ' bodies , they fell on the writhing diviners . With true unthinking mob - violence , they now started on an orgy of skull - smashing ...
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... slayers armed with massive clubs behind him . The consternation of the regiments on receiving the order to parade in the nude , and the events thereafter , are best related by Jabula Ema - Bomvini , one of the senior Fasimba guards ...
... slayers armed with massive clubs behind him . The consternation of the regiments on receiving the order to parade in the nude , and the events thereafter , are best related by Jabula Ema - Bomvini , one of the senior Fasimba guards ...
Contents
Introduction | 7 |
Zululand and the Zulus in the late Eighteenth | 15 |
Birth and Exile | 25 |
Copyright | |
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