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Description for Shaka
Paperback. We all picture Shaka as a lean, mean, assegai-wielding warrior-king, the military genius who founded the Zulu nation. In fact, we don't actually know when he was born, what he looked like, or exactly when he died. Series: Jacana Pocket Guides. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: HBJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 111 x 10. Weight in Grams: 156.
We all picture Shaka as a lean, mean, assegai-wielding warrior-king, the military genius who founded the Zulu nation. In fact, we don't actually know when he was born, what he looked like, or exactly when he died. Almost every other story you've heard is probably either wrong or contested. This biography draws on the last two decades of historical research to reassess the eyewitness accounts and use newly available oral traditions. The picture that emerges is astonishingly different from the popular stereotype.
We all picture Shaka as a lean, mean, assegai-wielding warrior-king, the military genius who founded the Zulu nation. In fact, we don't actually know when he was born, what he looked like, or exactly when he died. Almost every other story you've heard is probably either wrong or contested. This biography draws on the last two decades of historical research to reassess the eyewitness accounts and use newly available oral traditions. The picture that emerges is astonishingly different from the popular stereotype.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd South Africa
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
Series
Jacana Pocket Guides
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
Johannesburg, South Africa
ISBN
9781770099623
SKU
V9781770099623
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About Dan Wylie
Dan Wylie teaches English at Rhodes University, Grahamstown. His book Myth of iron: Shaka in history (2006) is the first full-length scholarly biographical study of Shaka.
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