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 163
... u - dibi had fetched more water after the battle , and a few stray Zulu cattle had been recovered from the Ndwandwes . Caution also pointed to the hill as the safest place , as there were still some 2500 Ndwandwes at large , and the ...
... u - dibi had fetched more water after the battle , and a few stray Zulu cattle had been recovered from the Ndwandwes . Caution also pointed to the hill as the safest place , as there were still some 2500 Ndwandwes at large , and the ...
Page 187
... u - dibi now , but later a king who ruled the Zulus for thirty - two years , was serving meat and beer to his brothers . Also present as an u - dibi was Chief Sig- ananda Cube . * On the enemy side were three men whose future was to be ...
... u - dibi now , but later a king who ruled the Zulus for thirty - two years , was serving meat and beer to his brothers . Also present as an u - dibi was Chief Sig- ananda Cube . * On the enemy side were three men whose future was to be ...
Page 242
... u - dibi and told them to show the warriors what they could do in the way of climbing trees with and without long thongs , and to practise pulling up the latter by means of light strings . The u - dibi entered into this with enthusiasm ...
... u - dibi and told them to show the warriors what they could do in the way of climbing trees with and without long thongs , and to practise pulling up the latter by means of light strings . The u - dibi entered into this with enthusiasm ...
Contents
Introduction | 7 |
Zululand and the Zulus in the late Eighteenth | 15 |
Birth and Exile | 25 |
Copyright | |
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