The Rise Fall Of The Zulu Nation

Author : John Laband
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company Incorporated
ISBN 13 : 9781854094940
Total Pages : 517 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Rise and Fall of the Zulu Nation written by John Laband and published by Sterling Publishing Company Incorporated. This book was released on 1998 with total page 517 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the great untold stories of pre-colonial Africa at last receives a chronicle worthy of its significance. Revisit exotic Zululand, once the most powerful black state in Africa. It experienced only sixty years of independence, and during that time weathered more than other countries endure in centuries. See its rebellions by discontented subjects and ambitious princes, and the intrusions by traders, missionaries, and land-hungry settlers. View the seeds of its downfall in the invasion by the Dutch Voortrekkers, and its final destruction at the hands of the British -- who, at the height of their imperial power, required a full, six-month-long military campaign to bring the kingdom down. Finally, look towards the future, and the ways in which the kingdom lives on in the dreams of the new South Africa. Dozens of black-and-white photographs, as well as sketches, capture Zululand's undulating hillsides, its proud and self-assured people and artifacts, including ceremonial staffs, shields, woven baskets, and spears.

Author : John Laband
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 517 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Rise and Fall of the Zulu Nation written by John Laband and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 517 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Donald R Morris
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1446426084
Total Pages : 672 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Washing Of The Spears written by Donald R Morris and published by Random House. This book was released on 2017-07-06 with total page 672 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1879, armed only with their spears, their rawhide shields, and their incredible courage, the Zulus challenged the might of Victorian England and, initially, inflicted on the British the worst defeat a modern army has ever suffered at the hands of men without guns. This is the definitive account of the rise of the Zulu nation under the great ruler Shaka and its fall under Cetshwayo. The story is studded with tales of drama and heroism: the Battle of Isandhlwana, where the Zulu army wiped out the major British column; and Rorke's Drift, where a handful of British troops beat off thousands of Zulu warriors and won eleven Victoria Crosses. Acclaimed for its scholarship, its monumental range, and its spellbinding readability, The Washing of the Spears is a gripping portrait of not just the Zulu War of 1879, but also of Britain’s colonial policy at this moment.

Author : Adrian Greaves
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1510722858
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Zulus at War written by Adrian Greaves and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2018-03-06 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By tracing the long and turbulent history of the Zulus from their arrival in South Africa and the establishment of Zululand, The Zulus at War is an important and readable addition to this popular subject area. It describes the violent rise of King Shaka and his colorful successors under whose leadership the warrior nation built a fearsome fighting reputation without equal among the native tribes of South Africa. It also examines the tactics and weapons employed during the numerous intertribal battles over this period. They then became victims of their own success in that their defeat of the Boers in 1877 and 1878 in the Sekunini War prompted the well-documented British intervention. Initially the might of the British empire was humbled as never before by the shock Zulu victory at Isandlwana but the 1879 war ended with the brutal crushing of the Zulu Nation. But, as Adrian Greaves reveals, this was by no means the end of the story. The little known consequences of the division of Zululand, the Boer War, and the 1906 Zulu Rebellion are analyzed in fascinating detail. An added attraction for readers is that this long-awaited history is written not just by a leading authority but, thanks to the coauthor’s contribution, from the Zulu perspective using much completely fresh material. Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Arcade imprint, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in history--books about World War II, the Third Reich, Hitler and his henchmen, the JFK assassination, conspiracies, the American Civil War, the American Revolution, gladiators, Vikings, ancient Rome, medieval times, the old West, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

Author : Ian Knight
Publisher : Pan
ISBN 13 : 9780330445931
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Zulu Rising written by Ian Knight and published by Pan. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The battle of iSandlwana was the single most destructive incident in the 150-year history of the British colonization of South Africa. This title shows that the brutality of the battle was the result of an inevitable clash between two aggressive warrior traditions.

Author : Donald R. Morris
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 655 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Washing of the Spears written by Donald R. Morris and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 655 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : John Laband
Publisher : Jonathan Ball Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1868428397
Total Pages : 518 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Eight Zulu Kings written by John Laband and published by Jonathan Ball Publishers. This book was released on 2018-08-17 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Eight Zulu Kings, well-respected and widely published historian John Laband examines the reigns of the eight Zulu kings from 1816 to the present. Starting with King Shaka, the renowned founder of the Zulu kingdom, he charts the lives of the kings Dingane, Mpande, Cetshwayo, Dinuzulu, Solomon and Cyprian, to today's King Goodwill Zwelithini whose role is little more than ceremonial. In the course of this investigation Laband places the Zulu monarchy in the context of African kingship and tracks and analyses the trajectory of the Zulu kings from independent and powerful pre-colonial African rulers to largely powerless traditionalist figures in post-apartheid South Africa.

Author : John Laband
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 576 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rope of Sand written by John Laband and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Kingdom forged by Shaka was once one of the most powerful and sophisticated black states in Africa. It took the British at the height of their imperial power six months and a full military campaign to bring the kingdom down. Thereafter, Zululand was broken up, consigned to bitter civil war, and eventually annexed piecemeal, its land given over to white farmers, in a saga of humiliation and loss. This book gives an account of the dramatic emergence and tragic decline of the Zulu kingdom in the 19th century, based on research fieldwork. It ranges from themes such as Zulu social and political organization, through analysis of the vivid personalities and complex political maneuvrings of leading Zulu and their colonial opponents, to descriptions of military campaigns and battles.

Author : Donald Robert Morris
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 655 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Washing of the Spears written by Donald Robert Morris and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 655 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : E. A. Ritter
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780140105223
Total Pages : 411 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Shaka Zulu written by E. A. Ritter and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 411 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: