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 48
... yards , and shouted ' Go dog , to your toothless master and tell him to send someone who can fight with me , and not a yapping cur like you . ' Instantly young Shaka bounded forward , and faced him at a distance of fifty yards . In ...
... yards , and shouted ' Go dog , to your toothless master and tell him to send someone who can fight with me , and not a yapping cur like you . ' Instantly young Shaka bounded forward , and faced him at a distance of fifty yards . In ...
Page 90
... yards . Pungashe himself sat at a safe distance on a knoll far behind his force . Before Shaka appeared this used to be the practice of all chiefs – to keep out of danger . Shaka , through his spies , knew almost to a man the strength ...
... yards . Pungashe himself sat at a safe distance on a knoll far behind his force . Before Shaka appeared this used to be the practice of all chiefs – to keep out of danger . Shaka , through his spies , knew almost to a man the strength ...
Page 146
... yards and a circumference of over 1700 , they were in their first advance shrinking the diameter of the circle by 200 yards and thus red- ucing the circumference to 1100 yards . After much shouting and abuse from the captains of ...
... yards and a circumference of over 1700 , they were in their first advance shrinking the diameter of the circle by 200 yards and thus red- ucing the circumference to 1100 yards . After much shouting and abuse from the captains of ...
Contents
Introduction | 7 |
Zululand and the Zulus in the late Eighteenth | 15 |
Birth and Exile | 25 |
Copyright | |
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