Kunene, Mazisi. Emperor Shaka the Great. London: Heineman, 1979.

Abstract

The great leader Shaka has occupied in the minds of Africans the place that Caesar occupies in the minds of Europeans. The Zulus have found their singer in the poet Mazisi Kunene who has written, in Zulu, this epic praise song, a massive rendering of the traditional oral history of his people. It has yet to be published in its original language because their land is still occupied. In the meantime Mazisi Kunene has rendered this magnificent story in English so that people across the world can hear what the Zulus themselves have to say about their empire and its conquests.