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Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:
November 2014
Print publication year:
2014
Online ISBN:
9781139871686
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139871686
Subjects:
Area Studies, African Studies, History, Politics and International Relations, African Government, Politics and Policy, African History
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Book description

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 the 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.

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Archives

  • Killie Campbell Library, Durban, South Africa

    • James Stuart Collection

      • James Stuart’s original interview notes in notebooks; notebooks with Stuart’s notes on various subjects; Stuart’s unpublished essays.

    • Fynn Collection

      • Henry Francis Fynn Papers

      • The Fynn Letters, KCM typescripts; originals in the KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Archives

    • KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Archives, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa

      • Henry Francis Fynn Papers

      • Shepstone Papers

  • Lesotho Evangelical Church (Paris Evangelical Missionary Society) Archives, Morija, Lesotho

    • Simeon Feko, “Bophelo ba Simeon Feko ke Moholo” (Life of Simeon Feko, Sr.), unpublished manuscript.

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