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Emperor Shaka the Great
Emperor Shaka the Great is an epic poem based on the Zulu oral tradition, compiled in Zulu then translated by South African Poet Mazisi Kunene. The epic follows the life of Shaka Zulu. The poem documents his exploits as a king of the Zulu people, produced considerable advances in State structure and military technologies of the Zulu. Some critics express concern over the historicity of the retelling. However, Kunene's embrasure of an African perspective on Shaka's Rule expresses an attempt at understanding the apparent horrors observed by Europeans in the Shaka's history.
==Oral tradition==
Though the Zulu had practised considerable oral poetry from early in the history, the Zulu heroic epic was not fully developed until the reign of Shaka.〔Kunene (''Emperor Shaka the Great'' ) xxv (1993) East African Publishers ISBN 0-435-90211-3〕 This poem represents the national tradition of recording the rule of Shaka through many official historians specializing in one particular part of Shaka's history.〔Kunene (''Emperor Shaka the Great'' ) xxviii (1993) East African Publishers ISBN 0-435-90211-3〕 In Zulu tradition, the poets, izimbongis, are definers of social values and celebrators of the nation and its successes. One expert, commenting on Kunene's work, said "the oral traditions of the Zulus these are not memorized stories ... These are re-creations, re-creations in terms of the present. Kunene was masterful at that."〔 The Culture Sector of UNESCO sanctions the book as a representative translation of Zulu literature.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Historical Collection: Unesco Culture Sector ) For more information about the UNESCO selection see (the representative works of South Africa )〕
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