Book Description

The story of King Mzilikazi kaMashobane is a narrative that has been almost forgotten after it was first written and told almost exclusively by white missionaries, travellers, traders and slavers and was thus greatly slanted. Fortunately on the other hand the story has been kept current and residual in the minds and lives of people through izibongo, oral history and izithakazelo. As such the book juxtaposes the two sides through desktop research where various authors’ inputs are blended with first hand research inputs from traditional houses and descendants.