Shaka Zulu: The Rise of the Zulu Empire |
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User Review - nwdavies - LibraryThingA fascinating book about a fascinating man and culture. I was left with the feeling that, had Shaka been living in, say, Europe and been white he would have been heaped with long lasting praise as an ... Read full review
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User Review - DinadansFriend - LibraryThingOriginally written in 1955, I find this an excellent biography. Shaka began from a very low status position among his people and re-organized them into a very respectable, bronze or early Iron age ... Read full review
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| Title | Shaka Zulu: The Rise of the Zulu Empire |
| Author | E. A. Ritter |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Longmans, Green, 1955 |
| Original from | the University of Virginia |
| Digitized | Apr 9, 2009 |
| Length | 383 pages |
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