A Zulu King Speaks
Author | : Cetewayo (King of Zululand) |
Publisher | : University of Kwazulu Natal Press |
Total Pages | : 168 |
Release | : 1987 |
Genre | : History |
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Author | : Cetewayo (King of Zululand) |
Publisher | : University of Kwazulu Natal Press |
Total Pages | : 168 |
Release | : 1987 |
Genre | : History |
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Author | : ka-Mpande Cetshwayo |
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Total Pages | : 126 |
Release | : 1978 |
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Release | : 1978 |
Genre | : Cetshwayo / Chiefs |
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Author | : Cetewayo (King of Zululand) |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 190 |
Release | : 1978 |
Genre | : Ethnology |
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Author | : Carolyn Hamilton |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 310 |
Release | : 2009-07 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9780674038202 |
Since his assassination in 1828, King Shaka Zulu--founder of the powerful Zulu kingdom and leader of the army that nearly toppled British colonial rule in South Africa--has made his empire in popular imaginations throughout Africa and the West. Shaka is today the hero of Zulu nationalism, the centerpiece of Inkatha ideology, a demon of apartheid, the namesake of a South African theme park, even the subject of a major TV film. Terrific Majesty explores the reasons for the potency of Shaka's image, examining the ways it has changed over time--from colonial legend, through Africanist idealization, to modern cultural icon. This study suggests that "tradition" cannot be freely invented, either by European observers who recorded it or by subsequent African ideologues. There are particular historical limits and constraints that operate on the activities of invention and imagination and give the various images of Shaka their power. These insights are illustrated with subtlety and authority in a series of highly original analyses. Terrific Majesty is an exceptional work whose special contribution lies in the methodological lessons it delivers; above all its sophisticated rehabilitation of colonial sources for the precolonial period, through the demonstration that colonial texts were critically shaped by indigenous African discourse. With its sensitivity to recent critical studies, the book will also have a wider resonance in the fields of history, anthropology, cultural studies, and postcolonial literature.
Author | : John Laband |
Publisher | : Jonathan Ball Publishers |
Total Pages | : 518 |
Release | : 2018-08-17 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1868428397 |
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 | : John Laband |
Publisher | : Manchester University Press |
Total Pages | : 296 |
Release | : 1992 |
Genre | : Ethnology |
ISBN | : 9780719035821 |
Author | : Ian Knight |
Publisher | : Frontline Books |
Total Pages | : 276 |
Release | : 2015-11-30 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1848329113 |
An in-depth look at the army of Africa’s Zulu kingdom leading up to their epic battle against the British army in 1879. Forces of the independent Zulu kingdom inflicted a crushing defeat on British imperial forces at Isandlwana in January, 1879. The Zulu Army was not, however, a professional force, unlike its British counterpart, but was the mobilized manpower of the Zulu state. Ian Knight details how the Zulu army functioned and ties its role firmly to the broader context of Zulu society and culture. The Zulu army had its roots in the early groups of young men who took part in combat between tribes, but such warfare was limited to disputes over cattle ownership, grazing rights, or avenging insults. In the early nineteenth century the Zulu nation began a period of rapid expansion, and King Shaka began to reform his forces into regular military units. Ian Knight charts the development and training of the men that formed the impi, which later operated so successfully under King Cetshwayo. Knight analyzes the Zulu’s fighting methods, weapons, and philosophy, all of which led to the disciplined force that faced the British army in 1879. “For me, this is the Zulu bible—everything you need to know about this warrior race over a 60-year period during the 19th Century. The battles fought are legendary and well covered many times over in other books, but Knight’s “anatomy” goes much deeper. The book explains why the Zulu Army was so fearsome and effective, by exposing how each warrior was virtually nurtured into the role from birth and remained loyal until death.” —David H. Smith, Military Modelling
Author | : Mangosuthu G. Buthelezi |
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Release | : 1983 |
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Author | : W. D. Hammond-Tooke |
Publisher | : Taylor & Francis |
Total Pages | : 616 |
Release | : 2024-02-29 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 100385494X |
First published in 1974, The Bantu-Speaking Peoples of Southern Africa is a revised and rewritten version of I. Schapera’s ethnographical survey of the Bantu-speaking tribes of South Africa. New South African contributors place on record all the known facts of the physical characteristics and traditional cultures of these peoples, as well as documenting the important social, cultural and economic changes that have occurred since the coming of the white man. This book will be of interest to students of anthropology, sociology, African studies, and history.