Eyes in the Night: An Untold Zulu Story

Eyes in the Night: An Untold Zulu Story

â€˜1879, the year in which I grew up faster than I could shout my name. That year was the one in which we experienced events and encounters that no one, particularly a child, should ever witness. It was also the year my people lost everything â€“ their land and fields â€“ and were reduced to being vagrants and beggars in the land of their birth. I am the daughter of Mqokotshwa Makhoba, one of King Cetshwayoâ€™s generals of the iNgobamakhosi regiment, he named me Nombhosho, which means bullet. He said I would come out of any situation fast and unscathed, like a bulletâ€¦â€™ Nomavenda Mathiane stumbled upon her grandmotherâ€™s story well over a century after the gruelling events of the Battle of Isandlwana that formed her life. Astounded to hear how her grandmother had survived the 1879 Anglo-Zulu War between the British and Zulu nations as a young girl, Mathiane spent hours with her elder sisters reconstructing the extraordinary life of their grandmother. The result is a sweeping epic of both personal and political battles. Eyes in the Night is a young Zulu womanâ€™s story of drama, regret, guilt and, ultimately, triumph â€“ set against the backdrop of a Zululand changed beyond recognition. A true story almost lost, but for a chance remark at a family gathering.
Country USA
Brand Bookstorm
Manufacturer Bookstorm
Binding Paperback
ReleaseDate 2016-09-01
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781928257240

Country	USA
Brand	Bookstorm
Manufacturer	Bookstorm
Binding	Paperback
ReleaseDate	2016-09-01
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781928257240

Eyes in the Night: An Untold Zulu Story

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