The Rise and Fall of the Zulu Nation
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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 and sophisticated black state in Africa. See its rebellions by discontented subjects and ambitious princes, its intrusions by traders, missionaries, and land-hungry settlers. View the seeds of its downfall in the invasion by the Dutch Voortrekkers, and its defeat by the British at the height of their imperial power during a six-monthfull military campaign--as well as ways the kingdom lives on in the dreams of the new South Africa. 576 pages,
Author: J.P.C. Laband
Format: Hardback, 576 pages, 156mm x 234mm, 300 g
Published: 1997, Orion Publishing Co, United Kingdom
Genre: History: Specific Subjects
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 and sophisticated black state in Africa. See its rebellions by discontented subjects and ambitious princes, its intrusions by traders, missionaries, and land-hungry settlers. View the seeds of its downfall in the invasion by the Dutch Voortrekkers, and its defeat by the British at the height of their imperial power during a six-monthfull military campaign--as well as ways the kingdom lives on in the dreams of the new South Africa. 576 pages,