The Warrior People: Zulu Origins, Customs and Witchcraft Author: C.T. Binns
The Warrior People: Zulu Origins, Customs and Witchcraft (Collectible Copy)
An In-Depth Anthropological and Historical Survey of the Zulu Nation
Bibliographic Specifications
- Title: The Warrior People: Zulu Origins, Customs and Witchcraft
- Author: C.T. Binns
- Publisher: Howard Timmins, Cape Town
- Publication Date: 1974
- ISBN-10: 0869780948
- ISBN-13: 9780869780947
- Edition Details: First Edition, Early Howard Timmins Printing.
- Binding: Original publisher’s heavy-gauge cloth boards with gold face titles, complete with the scarce original illustrated dust jacket. Now protected with a new plastic cover.
- Physical Format: Octavo (8vo), 284 pages. Extensively illustrated with rare ethnographic photographs, cultural diagrams, and historical timelines.
- Language: English
Official Condition Report
- The Book: Very Good Plus (VG+)
- Exterior / Boards: The binding is tight, square, and structurally flawless. The cloth covers are clean, unfaded, and free of bumped corners or edge wear.
- Interior: Crisp, clean, and bright white pages. Entirely free of standard owner name inscriptions, library stamps, dealer markings, or dog-ears. A beautifully preserved text block.
- The Dust Jacket: Very Good Plus (VG+)
- Condition: The original illustrated jacket is remarkably crisp, flat, and bright. It lacks the typical heavy sun-bleaching along the spine that plagues most copies from this era. Edges are clean with zero major chips, now perfectly preserved within a new clear plastic cover.
Synopsis & Historical Value
C.T. Binns’ The Warrior People is a definitive ethnographic masterpiece detailing the history, cosmology, and social structures of the Zulu nation. Moving far beyond basic military timelines, Binns offers a comprehensive examination of the early migration patterns, daily life, complex kinship networks, and legal traditions of the Zulu people.
A substantial portion of the work provides an objective, deeply researched analysis of traditional Zulu spiritual systems, including the roles of the izangoma (diviners) and izinyanga (herbalists), ritual witchcraft, and cosmological beliefs. This scarce Howard Timmins publication is highly sought after by collectors of vintage Africana, South African anthropology, and tribal history.
Author Profile: C.T. Binns
C.T. Binns was a highly respected South African historian and ethnologist who dedicated decades of his life to studying the Zulu people. Gaining direct access to tribal elders, oral historians, and private archival collections, his biographical and cultural texts—including The Last Zulu King—are widely praised for their exceptional detail and empathetic, objective exploration of southeastern African societies.
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