Related Works in English--Zulu Arts, Literature, & Literary Criticism
- Arment, David and Marisa Fick-Jordan. Wired : contemporary Zulu telephone-wire baskets. Photographs by Andrew Cerino. Santa Fe, N.M.: S/C Editions ; Distributed by Museum of New Mexico Press, 2005. (211 p.)
- Buthelezi, Mbongiseni Patrick. Sifuna umlando wethu (We are Searching for Our History) : Oral Literature and the Meanings of the Past in Post-apartheid South Africa. Thesis (Ph.D.), Columbia, 2012. [New York : s.n.], 2012. ["Examines the attempt of people who trace their history to the Ndwandwe kingdom that was destroyed by Shaka’s Zulu forces in the 1820’s...Through an analysis of...the izibongo (personal praises) of Shaka in his promotion and the ihubo lesizwe (`national' hymn), izithakazelo (kinship group or clan address names) of the Ndwandwe as well as the personal praises of Zwide, the last Ndwandwe ruler before the fall of the kingdom."]
- Derwent, Sue. The very best of KwaZulu-Natal. Capetown: Struik ; London : New Holland, 2000. (144 p.) [Tourist guide & pictorial popular history.]
- Dhlomo, Herbert I.E. H.I.E. Dhlomo collected works. Edited by Nick Visser and Tim Couzens. Johannesburg: Ravan Press, 1985. (500 p.)
--See also, other works in: Black Drama [Columbia only!]
- Dhlomo, Rolfus R.R. An African tragedy : a novel in English by a Zulu writer. [Lovedale, South Africa]: Lovedale Institution Press, [1928?] (40 p.)
--See also: 1960s ed.
--Plus: E-book
- Dhlomo, Rolfus R.R. Selected short stories. ISEA reprints. English in Africa; v. 2, no. 1. Grahamstown [South Africa]: Institute for the Study of English in Africa, Rhodes University, 1996. (87 p.) [Originally published in 1975.]
- Di Rosa, Hervé. Hervé Di Rosa in Durban presents Dirozulu. With project director Marisa Fick Jordan. [Durban: s.n., 2000] [Community art project.]
- Durban Art Gallery. Ukusimama KwaMasika = Cultural survival: 4 October-14 November 1993. [Durban], South Africa: Durban Art Gallery, [1993]. (26 p.) [Exhibition on grass weaving & basketry]
- Golightly, Walton. AmaZulu: being the many divers adventures of the Induna & the boy among the People of the Sky in the time of Shaka kaSenzangakhona, King of Kings. London: Quercus, c2008.
(640 p.) [Historical fiction in English.]
- Grossert, John Watt. Zulu crafts. Pietermaritzburg: Shuter & Shooter, 1978. (64 p.)
- Halsted, Fée. Ardmore : we are because of others : the story of Fée Halsted and Ardmore ceramic art. Photography, Roger de la Harpe. Cape Town : Fernwood Press, 2012. (202 p.)
- Jolles, Frank. Zulu beer vessels : in the twentieth century : their history, classification and geographical distribution. Stuttgart : Arnoldsche Art Publishers, 2015. (254 p.)
- Kennedy, Carolee. The art and material culture of the Zulu-speaking peoples: exhibited at the UCLA Museum of Cultural History, fall, 1978. UCLA Museum of Cultural History pamphlet series; v. 1, no. 3. [Los Angeles]: The Museum, c1978.
- Know the past : wear the future. [Gillian Berning ; A. Konigkramer]. Local History Museum Education Pamphlet; no. 1. [Durban: Local History Museum, 1996] (31 p.) [On Zulu beadwork.]
- Kunene, Daniel P. The Zulu novels of C.L.S. Nyembezi : a critical appraisal. Lewiston, N.Y. : Edwin Mellen Press, c2007. (204 p.)
- Kunene, Mazisi. Anthem of the decades : a Zulu epic. Translated from Zulu by the author. African writers series ; 234. London: Heinemann, 1981.[In English only.]
- Kunene, Mazisi. Echoes from the mountain : new and selected poems. Edited by Dike Okoro. Lagos : Malthouse Press, c2007. (86 p.) [Poetry in English from celebrated Zulu intellectual.]
- Kunene, Mazisi. Emperor Shaka the Great : a Zulu epic. London: Heinemann, 1979. (438 p.) [In English only.]
- Magwaza, Thenjiwe. Representation and development of a South African identity : a case of Zulu women's dress. Addis Ababa : Organisation for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa, 2009. (88 p.)
- Masondo, Meshack M. One-act plays : a collection of one-act stage, radio and TV plays. Pretoria : Academica, 1998. (86 p.) [English translations of Zulu plays.]
- Mbatha, Azaria. Within loving memory of the century : an autobiography. Scottsville, South Africa: University of Kwazulu-Natal Press, 2005. (369 p.) [Autobiography of an artist.]
- Mhlambi, Innocentia Jabulisile. African-language literatures : new perspectives on IsiZulu fiction and popular Black television series. Johannesburg, South Africa : Wits University Press, 2012. (230 p.)
- Mhlophe, Gcina, Maralin Vanrenen, and Thembi Mtshali. Have you seen Zandile?: a play originated by Gcina Mhlophe, based on her childhood. Portsmouth, N.H. : Heinemann/Methuen, 1990. (77 p.) [In English, with Zulu & Xhosa passages throughout.]
--See also: 2002 ed.
- Mofolo, Thomas. Chaka, an historical romance. With an introduction by Sir Henry Newbolt; translated from the original Sesuto by F. H. Dutton. London: Pub. for the International Institute of African Languages & Cultures by Oxford University Press, H. Milford, 1931. (198 p.)
--See also: Burke Library copy
- Morris, Jean. Speaking with beads: Zulu arts from Southern Africa. New York: N.Y.: Thames and Hudson, 1994. (94 p.) [On Zulu beadwork & culture.]
- Msimang, C. T. Folktale influence on the Zulu novel. Pretoria: Acacia; Johannesburg: Thorold’s Africana Books [distributor], [198-] (272 p.)
- Newman, Clive. Zulu headrests of the Msinga District in KwaZulu-Natal. Port Elizabeth : King George VI Art Gallery, 1999. (12 p.)
- Ngcobo, Lauretta G. And they didn’t die. Women writing Africa series. New York: Feminist Press at the City University of New York, 1999. (282 p.)
--See also: E-book
--Plus: 1990 ed.
- Okoro, Dike, with Ntongela Masilela.. New perspectives of Mazisi Kunene. An interview with Ntongela Masilela. Milwaukee, WI : Cissus World Press, [2015] (133 p.)
- Perrill, Elizabeth. Zulu pottery. Noordhoek, South Africa : Print Matters, 2012. (106 p.) [Includes glossary.]
- Preston-Whyte, Eleanor. Zulu beadwork. Noordhoek : Print Matters, 2014. (152 p.)
- Rattray, David. A Soldier-artist in Zululand: William Whitelocke Lloyd and the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879. Rorke’s Drift: Rattray Publications, 2007. (259 p.)
- Ritter, E. A. Shaka Zulu: the rise of the Zulu Empire. New York: New American Library, 1973, c1955. (407 p.)
--See also: 1957 ed.
- Robbins, Sidney. Fahla: my Zulu uncle: a saga from old Zululand. Cape Town: Educall, c2000. [Fiction in English.]
- Sanders, Mark. Learning Zulu : a secret history of language in South Africa. Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2016] (198 p.)
- Savory, Phyllis. Zulu fireside tales. Secaucus, N.J.: Carol Pub. Group, 1993. (64 p.) [In English only.]
- Schlosser, Katesa. Zulu life as drawn by the Zulu artist Jabulani Ntuli. Arbeiten aus dem Museum für Völkerkunde der Universität Kiel; 21. Kiel: Museum für Völkerkunde der Universität Kiel, 2008. (51 p., 97 p. of plates)
- Schoeman, P.J. Phampatha, the beloved of King Shaka. Cape Town: Timmins, 1983. (221 p.) [Fiction in English.]
- Siebrits, Warren. Art and urbanisation : South Africa 1940-1971 : 8 May-29 June 2003. Written by Warren Siebrits ; photography by Wayne Oosthuizen. Johannesburg [South Africa] : Warren Siebrits Modern and Contemporary Art, 2003. (1 vol.)
- Trends and tropes : some aspects of African indigenous literatures of South Africa. Edited by E.D.M. Sibiya and Zilibele Mtumane. Pietermaritzburg, South Africa : University of Kwazulu-Natal Press, 2022. (216 p.) [Most contributions are in English, some in IsiZulu]
- Vilakazi, B. Wallet. Zulu horizons. Rendered into English verse by Florence Louie Friedman, from the literal translations of D. Mck. Malcolm and J. Mandlenkosi Sikakana. Johannesburg: Witwatersrand University Press, 1973. (144 p.) [English translation only!]
--See also: 1962 ed.
- Where we come from : a collection of worker stories. Written and edited by Vusi Bhengu ... [et al.]. 2nd ed. Durban : [s.n.], 1991. (54 p.) [Mostly in English, with some Zulu; from a creative writing course, organized at the University of Natal, Durban, and COSATU.]
- Yourgrau, Tug. The song of Jacob Zulu.. New York: Arcade Publishing: Distributed by Little, Brown, c1993. (106 p.) [A political play in English based on true story of Andrew Zondo.]
- Zaloumis, Alex. Zulu tribal art. Photography by Ian Difford. Cape Town: AmaZulu, 2000. (301 p.)
- Zaverdinos, Annelise and Juliette Leeb du Toit. Gerard Bhengu, 1910-1990. Catalogue, compiled and edited by Brendan Bell and Bryony Clark ; photography by Ian Carbutt. [Pietermaritzburg] : Tatham Art Gallery, c1995. (59 p.) [From an exhibition of the Zulu artist's work held between November 1995 & February 1996.]
Music & Video
- Austin, Chris and Jeremy Marre. (dirs.) Rhythm of resistance : the Black music of South Africa. Videorecording. Harcourt Films ; produced by Jeremy Marre. [Newton, NJ]: Shanachie, c1988. VHS format. [Originally produced in 1979.]
- Ballantine, Christopher John. Marabi nights : jazz, 'race' and society in early apartheid South African. [New ed.] Scottsville, South Africa : University of KwaZulu-Natal Press, 2012. (247 p.; 1 sound disc.)
--See also: 1993 ed. (with cassette)
- Burlin, Natalie Curtis. (ed.) Songs and tales from the dark continent, recorded from the singing and the sayings of C. Kamba Simango ... and Madikane Čele. New York, Boston, G. Schirmer [c1920] (170 p.) [Musical score & lyrics in Zulu (South Africa) & Ndau (Mozambique).]
- Colenso Abafana Benkokhelo, composer. Afrique du sud : polyphonies zulù = South Africa : Zulu polyphony. Electronic resource. Paris : Buda, [1997?] (via Alexander Street Press.) Program notes in French and English; traditional Zulu songs for a cappella male vocal ensemble.]
- Dargie, David. Zulu bow songs. [Sound recording]. Fort Hare: Dave Dargie [distributor], 2003. (39 p. booklet & 3 sound discs.)
- Dube, John Langalibalele. A Zulu song book. [Facsimile reprint of "Amagama Abantu," with modernized version edited, translated, and transcribed by David Rycroft.] Colin Webb Natal and Zululand series; no. 7. Durban: Killie Campbell Africana Library; Pietermaritzburg: University of Natal Press, 1996. (1 close score, 88 p.) [Zulu & English]
- Erlmann, Veit. African stars : studies in Black South African performance. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1991. ( 214 p.)
- Erlmann, Veit. Music, modernity, and the global imagination : South Africa and the West. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999. (312 p.) [A history of black South African choirs, including Ladysmith Black Mambazo in 1980s & 1990s]
--See also: Oxford e-book and ACLS e-book
- Erlmann, Veit. Nightsong: performance, power, and practice in South Africa. Chicago studies in ethnomusicology. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1996. (446 p.)
- Faure, William C. (dir.) Shaka Zulu. Videorecording. Presented by Harmony Gold Inc. ; produced by Ed Harper ; written by Joshua Sinclair ; director of photography, Alec Mills ; editors, Steve Sandrock, Anthony Shaw ; music composed and conducted by Dave Pollecutt ; production designer, Hans Nel. New York : A & E Television Networks : Distributed by New Video, 2002.
(4 discs, 500 minutes in length, DVD) [Originally released in 1986 on television in the United States.]
- Gatti, Attilio and Prof. Lidio Cipriani. Siliva the Zulu Videorecording. Vancouver, B.C.: Villon Films, [2001?]. (62 min.; VHS format) [Silent film from 1927, with "archival footage" & English subtitles, about Zulu warrior's coming of age and marriage.]
- Keita, Chérif. (dir.) Oberlin-Inanda : the life and times of John L. Dube. Videorecording. Mogoya Productions presents a Chérif Keïta production ; written by Chérif Keïta in collaboration with Paul Hager and Mweze Ngangura. Johannesburg: Film Resource Unit, 2004. (55 minutes in length, DVD, PAL) [Biography of John Langalibalele Dube (1871-1946) pioneer educator, journalist, musician, churchman and politician who co-founded the African National Congress in 1912 and served as its first President until 1917.]
- Langa, Percy. (dir.) Ubambo Lwami. Videorecording. [Produced for] South African Broadcasting Corporation. Auckland Park [Johannesburg, South Africa] : SABC, [2005?] (345 minutes in length, 3 discs, DVD-PAL Region 2) [In Zulu, with English subtitles; collected episodes of a South African television drama series.]
- Lilley, Andrew. The musical artistry of Bheki Mseleku. Cape Town, South Africa : African Minds, 2020.(247 p.)
--See also: Open Acess E-book ; EBSCO and Project Muse e-books
- Meintjes, Louise. Dust of the Zulu : Ngoma aesthetics after Apartheid. Durham : Duke University Press, 2017. (338 p.)
- Meintjes, Louise. Sound of Africa! : making music Zulu in a South African studio. Durham : Duke University Press, 2003. (335 p.)
--See also: E-book
- Titus, Barbara. Hearing maskanda : musical epistemologies in South Africa. E-book. New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2021. (281 p.)
- Traditional Zulu music : songs of King Shaka. Sound recording. East Grinstead, West Sussex, England : Arc Records, 2011. (1 sound disc.) [ Amagugu Akwazulu, a group of the older members of a choir from Nongoma in Zululand, and Abalendeli Bengoma, a group of traditional male singers from the mining region of Thokoza...songs of praise, war cries, hunting songs, celebration songs, and traditional songs, all dating back to the early Zulu kings.]
--See also: Online audio, 59 minutes ; via Alexander Street.
- Van de Coolwijk, Robert. (dir.) Getting lucky = Thola inhlanhla. Videorecording. Jumbo Films presents ; sound by Neil Thain and Tony Bensusan ; edited by Oliver Dore ; director of photography, Vincent G. Cox ; produced by Debi Nethersole ; written and directed by Robert van de Coolwijk; music by Richard Siluma, and Lucky Dube for Gallo ; music engineer, Ian Osrin. Johannesburg, South Africa : distributed by Impact Video, 2009. (82 minutes in length; DVD-PAL Region 2) [English & Zulu; originally released in 1984, based on musical artist Lucky Dube's life story.]
- Zondi, Nompumelelo Bernadette. Bahlabelelelani : why do they sing? : gender and power in contemporary women's songs. Pietermaritzberg, South Africa : University of KwaZulu Natal Press, 2020.