Terrific Majesty: The Powers of Shaka Zulu and the Limits of Historical Invention

Carolyn Hamilton

D. Philip, 1998 - Nationalism - 278 pages

Carolyn Hamilton traces the construction of the heroic, demonized and realistic Shaka from the earliest colonial texts to the Africanist idealization, and the modern uses of the story by the Inkatha and apartheid regime.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Terrific Majesty: The Powers of Shaka Zulu and the Limits of Historical Invention
• Author: Carolyn Hamilton
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: D. Philip, 1998
• ISBN: 0864864213, 9780864864215
• Length: 278 pages