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Amazimu: The Cruelty of Zulu Oral Tradition, Shapeshifters, and the Famine Tales of the Nineteenth Century
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Publisher: Independently Published
Pages: 146
Weight: 0.41
Height: 0.37 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
They were remembered.
Long before Dracula, before Lovecraft, before modern horror, terrifying stories were whispered around the fires of nineteenth-century Southern Africa.
AMAZIMU resurrects one of history's darkest collections of authentic African folk horror.
Adapted from Reverend Henry Callaway's groundbreaking 1868 documentation of Zulu oral traditions, this definitive edition brings together terrifying accounts of:
- Man-eating shapeshifters (Amazimu)
- Cannibal legends
- Tokoloshe
- Witchcraft
- Ancient rituals
- Haunted villages
- Famine horror
- Ancestral spirits
- Psychological terror
- Forgotten myths
Unlike fictional horror inspired by folklore, these stories were collected directly from Zulu storytellers during the nineteenth century.
The monsters were already there.
The people already feared them.
History simply preserved their names.
Perfect for readers of:
Folk Horror
African Mythology
Historical Horror
Dark Fantasy
Gothic Horror
Anthropology
Indigenous Mythology
Supernatural Horror
Ancient Legends
If you enjoyed The Ritual, The Fisherman, The Only Good Indians, Slewfoot, The Reddening, or Between Two Fires, you'll discover one of the most original horror collections ever published.
Some traditions should never be forgotten.
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