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The Assassination of King Shaka
by Laband, John
- Used
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 1868428079
- ISBN 13
- 9781868428076
- Seller
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Port Elizabeth, South Africa
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About This Item
(Johannesburg: Jonathan Ball, 2017) 9781868428076. 232 x 150 mm; laminated pictorial wrappers; pp. xiv + 226, incl. index; illustrations in text; maps. Fine condition. "What was it about the nature of his kingdom that it produced so many intransigent opponents to his rule, including prominent members of the royal house? Why were Shaka's relations with the British Cape Colony apparently key to his survival? And why did the powerful army he had created acquiesce so tamely in the usurpation of the throne by Dingane, his half-brother and assassin? In searching for answers John Laband turns to Zulu voices heard through recorded oral testimony and praise-poems, and to the Port Natal hunter-traders who speak for themselves in their written accounts and reminiscences, as do the Cape officials in their despatches. The author brings the early Zulu kingdom vividly to life, a kingdom that endured in all its essential characteristics, particularly militarily, until its destruction in 1879 by the British." .
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- Bookseller
- Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA (ZA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 13144
- Title
- The Assassination of King Shaka
- Author
- Laband, John
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Unknown
- ISBN 10
- 1868428079
- ISBN 13
- 9781868428076
- Publisher
- (Johannesburg: Jonathan Ball, 2017) 9781868428076
- This edition first published
- 2017
- Keywords
- Zulus. Dingane. Shaka. Zulu Royal House South African History
- Bookseller catalogs
- South African History;
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Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
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About Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
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