Ukufa kukaShaka (The death of Shaka, a Zulu play
Author | : Elliot Zondi |
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Release | : 1970 |
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Author | : Elliot Zondi |
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Release | : 1970 |
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Author | : Elliot Zondi |
Publisher | : NYU Press |
Total Pages | : 62 |
Release | : 2021-10-01 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : 177614547X |
Ukufa kukaShaka is a historical drama by Elliot Zondi, first published in 1960 in the Bantu (later, African) Treasury Series by the University of the Witwatersrand Press. Its plot is based on the events surrounding the assassination of Shaka, the mighty Zulu king, by his two half-brothers, Dingane and Mhlangana, aided and abetted by his paternal aunt, Mkabayi, in 1828. The play explores the classic theme of the tragic hero’s fatal flaws: hubris and overconfidence. Shaka’s ruthless ambition led him to overstep human boundaries, kill with impunity, bar his warriors from having families and force them into endless wars. His blind spot seems to have been to put the survival and expansion of the Zulu kingdom first and the welfare of his subjects second. Against this backdrop Mkabayi, whose ambitions for a remarkable Zulu nation were more tempered, played a decisive role in his downfall. Zondi explores arguments both in favor of and against Shaka’s assassination in a way that allows the reader to sympathize with his greater vision and his thwarted plan to fight impending colonialism. His dramatization of the conflict between Shaka and Mkabayi highlights questions of leadership and nation-building that continue to be relevant today.
Author | : Elliot Zondi |
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Total Pages | : 78 |
Release | : 2015 |
Genre | : Zulu drama |
ISBN | : 9781431028627 |
Author | : Fwanyanga Matale Mulikita |
Publisher | : Longman Publishing Group |
Total Pages | : 88 |
Release | : 1967 |
Genre | : African drama (English) |
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Total Pages | : 562 |
Release | : 1968 |
Genre | : Africa |
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Author | : Cecil Skotnes |
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Total Pages | : 112 |
Release | : 1974 |
Genre | : Kings and rulers |
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Author | : G. D. Killam |
Publisher | : Indiana University Press |
Total Pages | : 346 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9780253336330 |
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Total Pages | : 304 |
Release | : 1978 |
Genre | : Bantu philology |
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Author | : University of the Witwatersrand |
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Total Pages | : 664 |
Release | : 1964 |
Genre | : Universities and colleges |
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Author | : King of the Zulu Shaka |
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Release | : 1956 |
Genre | : Essery, Guy Vivian |
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