The Shattered Nation
Author: J G Storry
Publisher: Howard Timmins, Cape Town
Edition: First 1974
ISBN: 0 86978 095 6
Language: English
Condition: Good. Clean copy with tight binding.
Binding: Hardcover with dustjacket
Pages: 175. Print with images
Additional Information
This well-known author presents the history of the Matabele in an attractive and vigorous form. The story of the tribe that settled in Rhodesia and was ruled by two famous kings, Mazilikazi and Lobengula, makes absorbing reading. The reader will learn how Lobengula harboured no ill feeling towards the white man and was tricked into signing agreements which sealed the doom of his country. The book is a product of deep research and will appeal to all interested in Africana and the story of a once great tribe.
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