Shakas Children by Stephen Taylor

Shakas Children by Stephen Taylor

Shaka, founder of the Zulu nation, has been portrayed as a pitiless and savage conqueror who depopulated much of southern Africa. Yet in the 1820s, British fortune-seekers who came upon the Zulu described a civilized and dignified people whose martial skills were tempered by generosity and hospitality. As expanding colonial populations entered Zuluterritory, an image grew up of the Zulu warrior as a regimented man-killing machine. Only from the ashes of Isandlwana and Rorke's drift was the Zulu resurrected as a noble savage, magnificent, particularly in defeat. This account conjures the atmosphere of the past through close adherence to contemporary oral sources. The Zulu world - its passions, intrigues and ideals, the sly white traders, the sqabbling Boers, the thunderous battles and the bright African landscape are all explored in detail.

Stephen Taylor is the author of ‘The Mighty Nimrod’ (1989) and ‘Shaka’s Children: A History of the Zulu People’ (1994). He writes for ‘The Times’.

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ISBN 13	9780006384687
ISBN 10	0006384684
Title	Shakas Children
Author	Stephen Taylor
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	HarperCollins Publishers
Year published	1995-11-27
Number of pages	416
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