The Zulu writers' perception of King Shaka

Makhambeni, Marjorie Ncamisile

dc.contributor.advisor	Ntuli, D. B.
dc.contributor.author	Makhambeni, Marjorie Ncamisile
dc.date.accessioned	2021-08-12T10:39:53Z
dc.date.available	2021-08-12T10:39:53Z
dc.date.issued	1991-06
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10500/27801
dc.description.abstract	The aim of this study is to make a critical examination of the different perceptions presented by Zulu authors on King Shaka, the most controversial and celebrated Zulu king. Chapter one is an introductory chapter which provides a short biography of Shaka and identifies the mythology surrounding his name. The chapter ends with an exposition of theoretical approaches too be used in the study. Chapter two assesses the novelists' views and chapter three examines how the playwrights present Shaka. In both genres Shaka emerges as a hero. In chapter four, which is on poetry, various themes conveyed by Zulu poets on Shaka are discussed. In the concluding chapter, opinions by some historians on Shaka are stated and assessed. Further, general observations on the findings of this study are summarised	en
dc.format.extent	1 online resource (ix, 185 leaves)
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.subject	African languages	en
dc.subject	South African indigenous content	en
dc.subject.ddc	896.398609352621
dc.subject.lcsh	Shaka, King of the Zulu, 1787?-1828 -- In literature
dc.title	The Zulu writers' perception of King Shaka	en
dc.type	Dissertation	en
dc.description.department	African Languages	en
dc.description.degree	M.A. (African Languages)