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Title:The praises of Dingana = (Izibongo zikaDingana)
Editors:Rycroft, David K.
Ngcobo, A. BhekabantuISNI
Year:1988
Issue:3
Pages:258
Language:English
Series:Killie Campbell Africana Library publications
City of publisher:Durban
Publisher:Killie Campbell Africana Library
ISBN:0869806297
Geographic terms:South Africa
Zululand
Subjects:Zulu polity
traditional rulers
praise poetry (form)
About person:Dingaan king of Zululand (ca. 1793-1840)ISNI
Abstract:This book presents the longest known version of Dingana's 'izibongo' (eulogies). The Zulu text has been transcribed from sound recordings made by James Stuart (1868-1942), who served as a magistrate in Zululand and Natal. The text of the izibongo (432 lines) is preceded by an introduction on Dingana's reign, Zulu izibongo and Dingana's izibongo and followed by an extensive commentary.
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