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 38
... spears but always there was something lacking , even if he shortened the handle or had a new one made for the blade ... spears in which he specialized . Armed with three types of the heaviest spears he could procure , and his war ...
... spears but always there was something lacking , even if he shortened the handle or had a new one made for the blade ... spears in which he specialized . Armed with three types of the heaviest spears he could procure , and his war ...
Page 150
... spear's throw from the Zulus , who had been instructed to crouch low behind their five - foot - long shields . A ' shelf ' * of spears came hurtling amongst them , but the damage they did was negligible . Presently the leading rank of ...
... spear's throw from the Zulus , who had been instructed to crouch low behind their five - foot - long shields . A ' shelf ' * of spears came hurtling amongst them , but the damage they did was negligible . Presently the leading rank of ...
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... spears and shields in swimming across the river to safety . As they swam a great number of these again were transfixed with the throwing spears which the Zulus picked up on the bank from the fallen Ndwandwes . Soshangane's fighting ...
... spears and shields in swimming across the river to safety . As they swam a great number of these again were transfixed with the throwing spears which the Zulus picked up on the bank from the fallen Ndwandwes . Soshangane's fighting ...
Contents
Introduction | 7 |
Zululand and the Zulus in the late Eighteenth | 15 |
Birth and Exile | 25 |
Copyright | |
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