The king s assegai

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Set in the turbulent early 1800s before British colonisation in South Africa, "The King's Assegai"(1894) is a gripping narrative of a young Zulu warrior's passage through crisis. Together with an army of fellow Zulus, Untuswa flees the harsh rule of the Zulu king, Shaka, to establish a new nation under a new leader, Umzilikazi.
Untuswa quickly earns the King's favour and is appointed his chief messenger; emboldened by this honour, he asks the King's permission to marry. Laughing, the King promises to give Untuswa not only permission to marry, but also his assegai--his spear, which in his hand is symbol of his authority--but only if Untuswa performs a deed braver and bolder than any he has heard of. Untuswa, determined to claim performance of this promise, fights ferociously against enemy tribes, confronts the terrifying magic of the witch-doctors, and risks death at the hands of cannibals in the mountains. But these dangers are nothing compared to the fate that awaits him when he does the unthinkable--elope with the King's intended bride.
The first of Bertram Mitford's tetralogy of historical Zulu novels, "The King's Assegai" is remarkable for being a novel written by a white man, but peopled entirely by African characters. Based on Mitford's own experiences in South Africa and local oral tradition, *The King's Assegai* is not simply a great British novel about Africa, but, as Gerald Monsman argues in his introduction, a great African novel. Long out of print and neglected, "The King's Assegai" deserves a place alongside H. Rider Haggard's "Nada the Lily" as precursor to later established African classics such as Chinua Achebe's "Things Fall Apart."

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Taal: en

Bindwijze: Paperback

Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 17 maart 2011

Aantal pagina's: 312

Illustraties: Nee

Hoofdauteur: Bertram Mitford

Hoofdredacteur: Gerald Monsman

Tweede Redacteur: Gerald Monsman

Hoofduitgeverij: British Library, Historical Print Editions

Extra groot lettertype: Nee

Studieboek: Nee

Verpakking breedte: 246 mm

Verpakking hoogte: 17 mm

Verpakking lengte: 189 mm

Verpakkingsgewicht: 558 g

EAN: 9781241205539

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