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Book The Zulus of New York

    Book Details:
  • Author : Zakes Mda
  • Publisher : Penguin Random House South Africa
  • Release : 2019-03-01
  • ISBN : 141521039X
  • Pages : 101 pages

Download or read book The Zulus of New York written by Zakes Mda and published by Penguin Random House South Africa. This book was released on 2019-03-01 with total page 101 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Great Farini would stride on to the stage and announce, ‘Ladies and gentlemen, and now for the highlight of the day, the ferocious Zulus.’ The impresario Farini introduced Em-Pee and his troupe to his kind of show business, and now they must earn their bread. In 1885 in a bustling New York City, they are the performers who know the true Zulu dances, while all around them fraudsters perform silly jigs. Reports on the Anglo-Zulu War portrayed King Cetshwayo as infamous, and audiences in London and New York flock to see his kin. What the gawking spectators don’t know is that Em-Pee once carried nothing but his spear and shield, when he had to flee his king. But amid the city’s squalid vaudeville acts appears a vision that leaves Em-Pee breathless: in a cage in Madison Square Park is Acol, a Dinka princess on display. For Em-Pee, it is love at first sight, though Acol is not free to love anyone back.

Book The Washing Of The Spears

Download or read book The Washing Of The Spears written by Donald R Morris and published by Random House. This book was released on 2017-07-06 with total page 690 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1879, armed only with their spears, their rawhide shields, and their incredible courage, the Zulus challenged the might of Victorian England and, initially, inflicted on the British the worst defeat a modern army has ever suffered at the hands of men without guns. This is the definitive account of the rise of the Zulu nation under the great ruler Shaka and its fall under Cetshwayo. The story is studded with tales of drama and heroism: the Battle of Isandhlwana, where the Zulu army wiped out the major British column; and Rorke's Drift, where a handful of British troops beat off thousands of Zulu warriors and won eleven Victoria Crosses. Acclaimed for its scholarship, its monumental range, and its spellbinding readability, The Washing of the Spears is a gripping portrait of not just the Zulu War of 1879, but also of Britain’s colonial policy at this moment.

Book Zulu Rising

Download or read book Zulu Rising written by Ian Knight and published by Pan. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The battle of iSandlwana was the single most destructive incident in the 150-year history of the British colonization of South Africa. This title shows that the brutality of the battle was the result of an inevitable clash between two aggressive warrior traditions.

Book A History of the Zulu Rebellion 1906

Download or read book A History of the Zulu Rebellion 1906 written by James Stuart and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 650 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Story of the Zulus

Download or read book The Story of the Zulus written by James Young Gibson and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Other Zulus

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  • Author : Michael R. Mahoney
  • Publisher : Duke University Press
  • Release : 2012-07-04
  • ISBN : 0822353091
  • Pages : 308 pages

Download or read book The Other Zulus written by Michael R. Mahoney and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2012-07-04 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A detailed history explaining how and why, in the late nineteenth century and early twentieth, Africans from the British colony of Natal transformed their ethnic self-identification, constructing and claiming a new Zulu identity.

Book The Story of the Zulus

Download or read book The Story of the Zulus written by James Young Gibson and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Zulus at War

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  • Author : Adrian Greaves
  • Publisher : Simon and Schuster
  • Release : 2018-03-06
  • ISBN : 1510722858
  • Pages : 272 pages

Download or read book The Zulus at War written by Adrian Greaves and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2018-03-06 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By tracing the long and turbulent history of the Zulus from their arrival in South Africa and the establishment of Zululand, The Zulus at War is an important and readable addition to this popular subject area. It describes the violent rise of King Shaka and his colorful successors under whose leadership the warrior nation built a fearsome fighting reputation without equal among the native tribes of South Africa. It also examines the tactics and weapons employed during the numerous intertribal battles over this period. They then became victims of their own success in that their defeat of the Boers in 1877 and 1878 in the Sekunini War prompted the well-documented British intervention. Initially the might of the British empire was humbled as never before by the shock Zulu victory at Isandlwana but the 1879 war ended with the brutal crushing of the Zulu Nation. But, as Adrian Greaves reveals, this was by no means the end of the story. The little known consequences of the division of Zululand, the Boer War, and the 1906 Zulu Rebellion are analyzed in fascinating detail. An added attraction for readers is that this long-awaited history is written not just by a leading authority but, thanks to the coauthor’s contribution, from the Zulu perspective using much completely fresh material. Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Arcade imprint, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in history--books about World War II, the Third Reich, Hitler and his henchmen, the JFK assassination, conspiracies, the American Civil War, the American Revolution, gladiators, Vikings, ancient Rome, medieval times, the old West, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

Book Shaka s Children

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  • Author : Stephen Taylor
  • Publisher : HarperCollins Publishers
  • Release : 1995
  • ISBN : 9780006384687
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book Shaka s Children written by Stephen Taylor and published by HarperCollins Publishers. This book was released on 1995 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Taylor's resonant and acute account conjures the atmosphere of the past through close adherence to contemporary oral sources."--Back cover.

Book King Shaka

Download or read book King Shaka written by and published by Story Press Africa. This book was released on 2019-06 with total page 96 pages. 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.

Book   The   story of the Zulus

Download or read book The story of the Zulus written by J. Y. Gibson and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Shaka Zulu

Download or read book Shaka Zulu written by E. A. Ritter and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 411 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book STORY OF THE ZULUS

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  • Author : James Young 1859 Gibson
  • Publisher : Wentworth Press
  • Release : 2016-08-28
  • ISBN : 9781372562129
  • Pages : 376 pages

Download or read book STORY OF THE ZULUS written by James Young 1859 Gibson and published by Wentworth Press. This book was released on 2016-08-28 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Book The Creation of the Zulu Kingdom  1815   1828

Download or read book The Creation of the Zulu Kingdom 1815 1828 written by Elizabeth A. Eldredge and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2014-10-30 with total page 421 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This scholarly account traces the emergence of the Zulu Kingdom in South Africa in the early nineteenth century, under the rule of the ambitious and iconic King Shaka. In contrast to recent literary analyses of myths of Shaka, this book uses the richness of Zulu oral traditions and a comprehensive body of written sources to provide a compelling narrative and analysis of the events and people of the era of Shaka's rule. The oral traditions portray Shaka as rewarding courage and loyalty and punishing failure; as ordering the targeted killing of his own subjects, both warriors and civilians, to ensure compliance to his rule; and as arrogant and shrewd, but kind to the poor and mentally disabled. The rich and diverse oral traditions, transmitted from generation to generation, reveal the important roles and fates of men and women, royal and subject, from the perspectives of those who experienced Shaka's rule and the dramatic emergence of the Zulu Kingdom.

Book Zulu Dog

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  • Author : Anton Ferreira
  • Publisher : Macmillan
  • Release : 2002-09-26
  • ISBN : 0374392234
  • Pages : 214 pages

Download or read book Zulu Dog written by Anton Ferreira and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2002-09-26 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publisher Description

Book Zulu Woman

Download or read book Zulu Woman written by Rebecca Hourwich Reyher and published by Feminist Press at CUNY. This book was released on 1999 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The riveting life story of a South African woman who marries into the Zulu royal family, and after enduring psychological and physical abuses, finds the courage to leave.

Book The Eight Zulu Kings

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  • Author : John Laband
  • Publisher : Jonathan Ball Publishers
  • Release : 2018-08-17
  • ISBN : 1868428397
  • Pages : 518 pages

Download or read book The Eight Zulu Kings written by John Laband and published by Jonathan Ball Publishers. This book was released on 2018-08-17 with total page 518 pages. 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.