The Creation of the Zulu Kingdom, 1815-1828: War, Shaka, and the Consolidation of Power - Hardcover

Eldredge, Elizabeth A.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1107075327 ISBN 13: 9781107075320

Verlag: Cambridge University Press, 2014

Inhaltsangabe

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. Organized chronologically and thematically, this study draws attention to the political, military, and social changes that emerged, from Shaka's youth through his eleven years of rule.

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Reseña del editor

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.

Biografía del autor

Elizabeth A. Eldredge is an independent scholar. She has published A South African Kingdom: The Pursuit of Security in Nineteenth-Century Lesotho (Cambridge, 1993) and Power in Colonial Africa: Conflict and Discourse in Lesotho, 1870–1960 (2007).

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1107075327
• ISBN 13: 9781107075320
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 422