The Abundant Herds: A celebration of the Sanga-Nguni cattle of the Zulu people

Hardcover. English. Fernwood Press. 2008. 144pp.

Good condition in hardcover with good dw in protctive plastic.

This book, illustrated by internationally acclaimed artist, Leigh Voigt, examines the role played by the Nguni cattle and cattle-related imagery in the oral tradition of the Zulu. Throughout the ages, wellbeing of the herds has been so closely connected to that of men that cattle have become part of the spiritual and aesthetic lives of the people, a perception that is mirrored in their poetic and complex naming practice. Book No: 2000722