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Title: | John Dunn and Cetshwayo: The Material Foundations of Political Power in the Zulu Kingdom, 1857-1878 |
Author: | Ballard, Charles C. |
Year: | 1980 |
Periodical: | The Journal of African History |
Volume: | 21 |
Issue: | 1 |
Pages: | 75-91 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | South Africa |
Subjects: | history Zulu polity 1850-1859 1860-1869 1870-1879 History and Exploration Peoples of Africa (Ethnic Groups) |
External link: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/181485 |
Abstract: | John Dunn exploited Zulu social Institutions to his political and economic advantage. His accumulation of land, cattle, wives and clients made him one of the waelthiest men in the Zulu kingdom. Be became a close friend of Cetshwayo and played a major role in providing the material foundations of Cetshwayo's power. Notes, sum., maps. |