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Release : 2019-06
Genre : Young Adult Fiction
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Book Rating : 908/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis King Shaka by :
Download or read book King Shaka written by . This book was released on 2019-06. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shaka struggles to retain power as challenges at home and from across an ocean threaten his new rule.
Author : John Laband
Release : 2017-08-03
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 087/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Assassination of King Shaka by : John Laband
Download or read book The Assassination of King Shaka written by John Laband. This book was released on 2017-08-03. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this riveting new book, John Laband, pre-eminent historian of the Zulu Kingdom, tackles some of the questions that swirl around the assassination in 1828 of King Shaka, the celebrated founder of the Zulu Kingdom and war leader of legendary brilliance: Why did prominent members of the royal house conspire to kill him? Just how significant a part did the white hunter-traders settled at Port Natal play in their royal patron's downfall? Why were Shaka's relations with the British Cape Colony key to his survival? And why did the powerful army he had created acquiesce so tamely in the usurpation of the throne by Dingane, his half-brother and assassin? In his search for answers Laband turns to the Zulu voice heard through recorded oral testimony and praise-poems, and to the written accounts and reminiscences of the Port Natal trader-hunters and the despatches of Cape officials. In the course of probing and assessing this evidence the author vividly brings the early Zulu kingdom and its inhabitants to life. He throws light on this elusive character of and his own unpredictable intentions, while illuminating the fears and ambitions of those attempting to prosper and survive in his hazardous kingdom: a kingdom that nevertheless endured in all its essential characteristics, particularly militarily, until its destruction fifty one years later in 1879 by the British; and whose fate, legend has it, Shaka predicted with his dying breath.
Author : Thomas Mofolo
Release : 2013-05-21
Genre : Fiction
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Book Rating : 729/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Chaka by : Thomas Mofolo
Download or read book Chaka written by Thomas Mofolo. This book was released on 2013-05-21. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chaka is a genuine masterpiece that represents one of the earliest major contributions of black Africa to the corpus of modern world literature. Mofolos fictionalized life-story account of Chaka (Shaka), translated from Sesotho by D. P. Kunene, begins with the future Zulu kings birth followed by the unwarranted taunts and abuse he receives during childhood and adolescence. The author manipulates events leading to Chakas status of great Zulu warrior, conqueror, and king to emphasize classic tragedys psychological themes of ambition and power, cruelty, and ultimate ruin. Mofolos clever nods to the supernatural add symbolic value. Kunenes fine translation renders the dramatic and tragic tensions in Mofolos tale palpable as the richness of the authors own culture is revealed. A substantial introduction by the translator provides valuable context for modern readers.
Author : John Laband
Release : 2018-08-17
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 397/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Eight Zulu Kings by : John Laband
Download or read book The Eight Zulu Kings written by John Laband. This book was released on 2018-08-17. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Eight Zulu Kings, well-respected and widely published historian John Laband examines the reigns of the eight Zulu kings from 1816 to the present. Starting with King Shaka, the renowned founder of the Zulu kingdom, he charts the lives of the kings Dingane, Mpande, Cetshwayo, Dinuzulu, Solomon and Cyprian, to today's King Goodwill Zwelithini whose role is little more than ceremonial. In the course of this investigation Laband places the Zulu monarchy in the context of African kingship and tracks and analyses the trajectory of the Zulu kings from independent and powerful pre-colonial African rulers to largely powerless traditionalist figures in post-apartheid South Africa.
Author : Luke Molver
Release : 2018-01-09
Genre : Young Adult Nonfiction
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Book Rating : 991/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Shaka Rising by : Luke Molver
Download or read book Shaka Rising written by Luke Molver. This book was released on 2018-01-09. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A charismatic young warrior prince emerges from exile to usurp the old order and forge a new, mighty Zulu kingdom.
