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Eyes in the night : an untold Zulu story / Nomavenda Mathiane.

Title

Eyes in the night : an untold Zulu story / Nomavenda Mathiane.

Author

Mathiane, Nomavenda

Publication

Johannesburg, South Africa : Bookstorm, 2016.
©2016

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Description

x, 265 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm

Summary

"Nomavenda Mathiane stumbled upon her grandmother'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 woman's story of drama, regret, guilt and, ultimately, triumph -- set against the backdrop of a Zululand changed beyond recognition. A true story almost lost, but for a chance remark at a family gathering."--Publisher description.

Subject

Genre/Form

Biographies
History
Biographies.

Note

Includes glossary.

Processing Action (note)

committed to retain

Contents

Map of southern Africa, circa 1879 -- Map of Zululand -- Matrilineal family tree of the Makhoba Clan -- Prologue -- Part one: A nation besieged -- Part two: The search -- Part three: Adrift -- Part four: Another move -- Part five: The farm -- Respite -- Part six: Escape to freedom -- Part seven: The road ahead -- Epilogue -- Historical note -- Glossary and guide to Zulu words and phrases -- Acknowledgements.

ISBN

9781928257240
1928257240

LCCN

^^2016495217

OCLC

961099418
SCSB-11923805

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library