Shaka Rising

Shaka Rising PDF Author: Luke Molver
Publisher: Story Press Africa
ISBN: 9781946498991
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 96

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A charismatic young warrior prince emerges from exile to usurp the old order and forge a new, mighty Zulu kingdom.

Shaka Rising

Shaka Rising PDF Author: Luke Molver
Publisher: Story Press Africa
ISBN: 9781946498991
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 96

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Book Description
A charismatic young warrior prince emerges from exile to usurp the old order and forge a new, mighty Zulu kingdom.

King Shaka

King Shaka PDF Author:
Publisher: Story Press Africa
ISBN: 9781946498908
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 96

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Shaka struggles to retain power as challenges at home and from across an ocean threaten his new rule.

Zulu Rising

Zulu Rising PDF Author: Ian Knight
Publisher: Pan
ISBN: 9780330445931
Category : Isandlwana, Battle of, South Africa, 1879
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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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.

All Rise: Resistance, Rebellion and Revolt in South Africa

All Rise: Resistance, Rebellion and Revolt in South Africa PDF Author: Rich Conyngham
Publisher: Catalyst Press
ISBN: 9781946395634
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 220

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All Rise: Resistance and Rebellion in South Africa revives six true stories of resistance by marginalized South Africans against the country's colonial government in the years leading up to Apartheid. In six parts--each of which is illustrated by a different South African artist--All Rise shares the long-forgotten struggles of ordinary, working-class women and men who defended the disempowered during a tumultuous period in South African history. From immigrants and miners to tram workers and washerwomen, the everyday people in these stories bore the brunt of oppression and in some cases risked their lives to bring about positive change for future generations. This graphic anthology breathes new life into a history dominated by icons, and promises to inspire all readers to become everyday activists and allies. The diverse creative team behind All Rise, from an array of races, genders, and backgrounds, is a testament to the multicultural South Africa dreamed of by the heroes in these stories--true stories of grit, compassion, and hope, now being told for the first time in print.

The Washing Of The Spears

The Washing Of The Spears PDF Author: Donald R Morris
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1446426084
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 690

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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.

Path of Blood

Path of Blood PDF Author: Peter Becker
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780140049787
Category : Ndebele (African people)
Languages : en
Pages : 323

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Crack Volume 1

Crack Volume 1 PDF Author: Shaka
Publisher: Drop a Gem Publishing LLC
ISBN: 0979460603
Category : Crack (Drug)
Languages : en
Pages : 245

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Homicide detective Devon Jensen is investigating the link between the murder of his childhood friend and two rival drug families. He finds himself fighting to save his own life and the life of the woman he has grown to love.

Hillbilly Nationalists, Urban Race Rebels, and Black Power

Hillbilly Nationalists, Urban Race Rebels, and Black Power PDF Author: Amy Sonnie
Publisher: Melville House
ISBN: 1935554662
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 258

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The historians of the late 1960s have emphasised the work of a small group of white college activists and the Black Panthers, activists who courageously took to the streets to protest the war in Vietnam and continuing racial inequality. Poor and working-class whites have tended to be painted as spectators, reactionaries and even racists. Tracy and Amy Sonnie have been interviewing activists from the 1960s for nearly 10 years and here reject this narrative, showing how working-class whites, inspired by the Civil Rights Movement, fought inequality in the 1960s.

Explaining Pictures

Explaining Pictures PDF Author: Ikumi Kaminishi
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
ISBN: 9780824826970
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 278

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Beginning with the claim that the popularization of Buddhism in the medieval period was a phenomenon of visual culture, Explaining Pictures reexamines the history (and historiography) of medieval Japanese Buddhism. With theoretical sophistication and a full appreciation of the power of imagery to convey and control religious meaning, it investigates a range of aspects of etoki, including the particularly active role of itinerant nuns, whose performances were especially edifying to female audiences, as well as the visual hagiography of the reputed founder of Japanese Buddhism, the pictorial projections of Buddhist paradise and hell, and the explanation, through visual imagery, of sacred mountains. Explaining Pictures is the first book-length study in English devoted to the phenomenon of Buddhist art as religious propaganda and pictorial storytelling as a form of popular culture in medieval Japan. A truly interdisciplinary study, it suggests fruitful avenues of discussion between art historians and historians of Japanese Buddhism. Scholars and students with an interest in Japanese Buddhism, art, and social and cultural history will find its examination of significant issues fresh and stimulating. It will also find an appreciative audience among those concerned with the relationship between art and religion, the mechanics of proselytization, and Asian visual culture.

The Zulus at War

The Zulus at War PDF Author: Adrian Greaves
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1510722858
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 385

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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.