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Title: | The praises of Dingana = (Izibongo zikaDingana) |
Editors: | Rycroft, David K. Ngcobo, A. Bhekabantu |
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) |
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. |