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Author : Mazisi Kunene
Publisher : East African Publishers
Page : 484 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9966468692
Author : Mazisi Kunene
Publisher : Heinemann Educational Publishers
Page : 494 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Epic poetry, Zulu
ISBN : UVA:X000139758
Emperor Shaka the Great is an epic poem based on the Zulu oral tradition, compiled in Zulu then translated by South African Poet Mazisi Kunene. The epic follows the life of Shaka Zulu. The poem documents his exploits as a king of the Zulu people, produced considerable advances in State structure and military technologies of the Zulu. Some critics express concern over the historicity of the retelling. However, Kunene's embrasure of an African perspective on Shaka's Rule expresses an attempt at understanding the apparent horrors observed by Europeans in the Shaka's history.
Author : Phinda Mzwakhe Madi
Publisher : KR Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2023-07-03
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1869229800
The diary of Phindangene Mzwakhe ka Madi I Phinda Mzwakhe Madi Enthralling leadership secrets from another age, another empire... Prof Phinda Madi's journey into the rich heritage of Africa's history unearths the dramatic truth of remarkable leader's victories and ultimate defeat. Shaka's story is heroic and inspiring. Madi brings it to life with a rich flowing narrative filled with imagery and drama which makes for a very pleasant reading experience. What's more, by telling the full story of a real-life career of leadership-with its strong points and its weaknesses-Madi highlights essential and universal truths of good leadership. He translates Shaka's secrets into ten valuable leadership lessons in this modern world, namely: Build a sense of mission Mission is more important than convention To be a conqueror, be apprenticed to a conqueror Lead the charge (from the front) Build a fanatical team Go where angels fear to tread Be a good strategist (or get one) Know the battlefield (better than the enemy) Be obsessed with world-class technologies Never believe your own PR Leadership lessons from emperor ZULU SHAKA the great will provide you with the skills and insight toapply these leadership principles to maximise.
Author : Elizabeth A. Eldredge
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 421 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2014-10-30
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781107075320
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 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.
Author : Carolyn Hamilton
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2009-07
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0674038207
Since his assassination in 1828, King Shaka Zulu--founder of the powerful Zulu kingdom and leader of the army that nearly toppled British colonial rule in South Africa--has made his empire in popular imaginations throughout Africa and the West. Shaka is today the hero of Zulu nationalism, the centerpiece of Inkatha ideology, a demon of apartheid, the namesake of a South African theme park, even the subject of a major TV film. Terrific Majesty explores the reasons for the potency of Shaka's image, examining the ways it has changed over time--from colonial legend, through Africanist idealization, to modern cultural icon. This study suggests that "tradition" cannot be freely invented, either by European observers who recorded it or by subsequent African ideologues. There are particular historical limits and constraints that operate on the activities of invention and imagination and give the various images of Shaka their power. These insights are illustrated with subtlety and authority in a series of highly original analyses. Terrific Majesty is an exceptional work whose special contribution lies in the methodological lessons it delivers; above all its sophisticated rehabilitation of colonial sources for the precolonial period, through the demonstration that colonial texts were critically shaped by indigenous African discourse. With its sensitivity to recent critical studies, the book will also have a wider resonance in the fields of history, anthropology, cultural studies, and postcolonial literature.
Author : Stanley Gazemba
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Chiefdoms
ISBN : UOM:39015063648235
Author : Gabriel Kingsley Osei
Publisher : Black Classic Press
Page : 66 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1580730302
A passionate history of Shaka, the great Zulu warrior and chief. Osei leads us from his humble birth and difficult youth to his rise as one of Africa's and the worlds greatest leaders.
Author : Joshua Sinclair
Publisher : Createspace Independent Pub
Page : 622 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2013-04-10
Category : History
ISBN : 1483903729
LIMITED AUTOGRAPHED EDITION This is the original unedited manuscript of the 1985 bestselling novel by Joshua Sinclair which was adapted by him into the legendary television series by the same name. This true story chronicles with mythic detail the life of Shaka Zulu, the greatest African leader in history. Framed around Queen Victoria's decision on England's political stance towards the Zulu Nation, the novel starts with Shaka's illegitimate birth, taking us through his difficult childhood, his obsessive attachment to his mother Nandi, to his overthrow of the leadership of the Zulu nation. Building on his innovative methods of warfare, King Shaka established the most disciplined standing army in the history of Mankind (over one million strong at any given time) expanding the Zulu domain from a small tribe of less than 2,000 to an empire greater than that of Napoleon encompassing much of what is now south-east Africa. Mixing prophecy with oral tradition, the author, Joshua Sinclair, spans four decades of Africa's History dramatically punctuating the rise and fall of the one of most formidable empire this world has ever known.
Author : Mazisi Kunene
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:271378445
Author : Shaka Senghor
Publisher : Convergent Books
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2017-01-31
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781101907313
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An “extraordinary, unforgettable” (Michelle Alexander, author of The New Jim Crow) memoir of redemption and second chances amidst America’s mass incarceration epidemic, from a member of Oprah’s SuperSoul 100 Shaka Senghor was raised in a middle-class neighborhood on Detroit’s east side during the height of the 1980s crack epidemic. An honor roll student and a natural leader, he dreamed of becoming a doctor—but at age eleven, his parents’ marriage began to unravel, and beatings from his mother worsened, which sent him on a downward spiral. He ran away from home, turned to drug dealing to survive, and ended up in prison for murder at the age of nineteen, full of anger and despair. Writing My Wrongs is the story of what came next. During his nineteen-year incarceration, seven of which were spent in solitary confinement, Senghor discovered literature, meditation, self-examination, and the kindness of others—tools he used to confront the demons of his past, forgive the people who hurt him, and begin atoning for the wrongs he had committed. Upon his release at age thirty-eight, Senghor became an activist and mentor to young men and women facing circumstances like his. His work in the community and the courage to share his story led him to fellowships at the MIT Media Lab and the Kellogg Foundation and invitations to speak at events like TED and the Aspen Ideas Festival. In equal turns, Writing My Wrongs is a page-turning portrait of life in the shadow of poverty, violence, and fear; an unforgettable story of redemption; and a compelling witness to our country’s need for rethinking its approach to crime, prison, and the men and women sent there.
Author : Mazisi Kunene
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 110 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Zulu poetry
ISBN : UCSC:32106002031729
Author : Dan Wylie
Publisher : Ohio University Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa)
ISBN : 0821418483
Over the decades we have heard a great deal about Shaka, the famous - or infamous - of Zulu leaders. It may come as a surprise, therefore, that we do not know when he was born, nor what he looked like, nor precisely when or why he was assassinated. This book lays out the available evidence - mainly hitherto under-utilised Zulu oral testimonies.
Author : Walton Golightly
Publisher : Quercus
Page : 674 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2013-11-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781623652722
1826: Shaka, king of the Zulus, has consolidated his power and is ready to move against those who continue to resist his authority. But now a new tribe has appeared, and white men from across the Great Water, claiming they wish to trade with Shaka. These white men may seem puny, and their ways strange, but Shaka believes there's more to them than meets the eye. Obsessed with divining their secrets, however, he becomes oblivious to the threat growing from within his own court. Seething with sorcery and betrayal, battles and intrigue, triumph and tragedy, Shaka the Great sees one of the greatest leaders of all time consolidate his power as the first Europeans begin to arrive on the African continent. It takes us to an empire at its zenith, in a time when the name Zulu began to echo around the world as a byword for courage and nobility.
Author : E. A. Ritter
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 411 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Zulu (African people)
ISBN : 0140105220
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Story Press Africa
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2019-06
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 1946498904
Shaka struggles to retain power as challenges at home and from across an ocean threaten his new rule.
