Book
A Zulu king speaks: statements made by Cetshwayo kaMpande on the history and customs of his people
University of Natal • (3) • Published In 1978 • Pages: xxiv, 126
By: Cetewayo, King of Zululand, approximately, Webb, Colin de B., Wright, John B. (John Britten).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This source consists of three documents which were dictated by Cetshwayo, the Zulu king, while he was a prisoner in exile. The first item is a survey of Zulu history, including the events leading to the war of 1879. The second item is a letter to Sir Hercules Robinson, governor of the Cape Colony. The letter gives Cetshwayo's version of the war and his objections to being exiled. The third item 'records statements about the law and customs of the Zulu kingdom elicited from Cetshwayo under interrogation' by the Cape Government Commission (p. xxii).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Ingroup antagonisms
- Military organization
- Instigation of war
- Warfare
- Aftermath of combat
- Peacemaking
- Provinces
- Chief executive
- External relations
- Revolution
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Zulu
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2005
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Africa
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Southern Africa
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Government Official
- Indigenous Person
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Marlene Martin ; 1979
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- ca. 1830-1881
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- ca. 1800-1884
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
- NotesAdditional notes
- edited by C. de B. Webb and J. B. Wright
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 79314629
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Zulu (African people)