Mfecane Aftermath

Author : Carolyn Hamilton
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 518 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : History
ISBN : 1868142523

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Mfecane Aftermath by Carolyn Hamilton Pdf

A guide for interpreting the mfecane's role in history Was the mfecane a figment of historians' imagination as Julian Cobbing contends? How large a responsibility do Shaka and the Zulu people bear for the social turbulence in South-central and South-east Africa in the early decades of the 19th century? These are some of the issues explored in this collection, which is designed as a response to the radical critique of Dr. Cobbing and other scholars. The mfecane, suggests Cobbing, must be seen as a myth lying at the root of a set of interlinked assumptions and distortions that have seriously twisted our understanding of the main historical processes of late 18th- and early 19th-century Southern Africa. Contributors to this collection assess the implications of this critique for scholars from a range of disciplines, notably history, anthropology, archaeology, history of art and African languages. But the book is not only about the debate over Cobbing's work; it is also an indicator of the state of current scholarship in Southern Africa in the 18th and 19th centuries and, because it raises questions about the nature of sources and, indeed, about the nature of historical debate itself, it is also about historiography. This book should provide a useful guide for students starting out in this field, as well as a resource for established scholars seeking their way through the textual intricacies of varied editions and secondary texts that become the primary sources for historiographical debate.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Africa, Southern
ISBN : 1868146995

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Mfecane Aftermath by Anonim Pdf

Author : Carolyn Hamilton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1996-01-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0253329574

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The Mfecane Aftermath by Carolyn Hamilton Pdf

Author : Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni
Publisher : Rozenberg Publishers
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Ndebele (African people)
ISBN : 9789036101363

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The Ndebele Nation by Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni Pdf

Author : David Westley
Publisher : African Studies Program University of Wisconsin
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105073214889

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The Mfecane by David Westley Pdf

Author : Benedict Carton
Publisher : University of Virginia Press
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 0813919320

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Blood from Your Children by Benedict Carton Pdf

The young black activists whose rejection of their parents' complacency led to the 1976 Soweto uprising and the eventual demise of apartheid are part of a long tradition of generational conflict in South Africa. In Blood from Your Children, Benedict Carton traces this intense challenge to an extraordinary and pivotal episode a century ago that bitterly divided families along generational lines. Facing a series of ecological disasters that crippled agriculture in the 1890s, African youths in colonial Natal and Zululand perceived their fathers' struggle to meet increased colonial demands as an act of betrayal. Young people engaged more frequently in premarital sex, while young men sparked widespread gang fights, and young women rejected traditional filial and marital obligations. In 1906, after the imposition of an onerous head tax on young men, this domestic turmoil exploded into an armed uprising known as Bambatha's Rebellion. The young men sought revenge by attacking both the African patriarchs whose apparent accomodation they considered traitorous and the colonial troops dispatched to quell the violence. After the Natal forces crushed the insurrection, some captured rebels faced trial for treason under martial law. Often, their fathers testified against them. While the military intervention eventually caused many more African youths to seek work in the mines, thus defusing generational turmoil, others moved to industrial centers in the wake of the uprising. These young people formed the vanguard of insurgent political groups that continue to play an important role in South African urban life. Through his lively and thorough presentation of the forces at work in Bambatha's Rebellion, Benedict Carton brings a fresh understanding to the tragic role of defiant youth and generational rivalry in African resistance.

Author : Catherine Coquery-Vidrovitch,Mary Baker
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2015-02-12
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317477501

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Africa and the Africans in the Nineteenth Century: A Turbulent History by Catherine Coquery-Vidrovitch,Mary Baker Pdf

Most histories seek to understand modern Africa as a troubled outcome of nineteenth century European colonialism, but that is only a small part of the story. In this celebrated book, beautifully translated from the French edition, the history of Africa in the nineteenth century unfolds from the perspective of Africans themselves rather than the European powers.It was above all a time of tremendous internal change on the African continent. Great jihads of Muslim conquest and conversion swept over West Africa. In the interior, warlords competed to control the internal slave trade. In the east, the sultanate of Zanzibar extended its reach via coastal and interior trade routes. In the north, Egypt began to modernize while Algeria was colonized. In the south, a series of forced migrations accelerated, spurred by the progression of white settlement.Through much of the century African societies assimilated and adapted to the changes generated by these diverse forces. In the end, the West's technological advantage prevailed and most of Africa fell under European control and lost its independence. Yet only by taking into account the rich complexity of this tumultuous past can we fully understand modern Africa from the colonial period to independence and the difficulties of today.

Author : Timothy J. Stapleton
Publisher : Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2006-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780889205970

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Faku by Timothy J. Stapleton Pdf

From roughly 1818 to 1867, Faku was ruler of the Mpondo Kingdom located in what is now the north-east section of the Eastern Cape, South Africa. Because of Faku’s legacy, the Mpondo Kingdom became the last African state in Southern Africa to fall under colonial rule. When his father died, Faku inherited his power. In a period of intense raiding, migration and state formation, he transformed the Mpondo polity from a loosely organized constellation of tributary groups to a centralized and populous state with effective military capabilities and a prosperous agricultural foundation. In 1830, Faku allowed Wesleyan missionaries to establish a station within his kingdom and they became his main channel of communication with the Cape Colony, and later Natal. Ironically, he never showed any serious inclination to convert to Christianity. From the 1840s to early 1850s, this Mpondo king played a central, yet often understated, role in the British colonization of South Africa. While over the years his territory and power declined, Faku remained quite astute in diplomatic negotiations with colonial officials and used his missionary connections to optimum advantage. Timothy J. Stapleton’s narrative and use of oral history paint a clear and remarkable portrait of Faku and how he was able to manipulate missionaries, neighbours, colonists and circumstances to achieve his objectives. As a result, Faku: Rulership and Colonialism in the Mpondo Kingdom (c.1780-1867) helps illuminate the history of the entire Cape region.

Author : Elizabeth A. Eldredge
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 421 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2014-10-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781316062081

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The Creation of the Zulu Kingdom, 1815–1828 by Elizabeth A. Eldredge Pdf

This scholarly account traces the emergence of the Zulu Kingdom in South Africa in the early nineteenth century, under the rule of the ambitious and iconic King Shaka. In contrast to recent literary analyses of myths of Shaka, this book uses the richness of Zulu oral traditions and a comprehensive body of written sources to provide a compelling narrative and analysis of the events and people of the era of Shaka's rule. The oral traditions portray Shaka as rewarding courage and loyalty, and punishing failure; as ordering the targeted killing of his own subjects, both warriors and civilians, to ensure compliance to his rule; and as arrogant and shrewd, but kind to the poor and the mentally disabled. The rich and diverse oral traditions, transmitted from generation to generation, reveal the important roles and fates of men and women, royal and subject, from the perspectives of those who experienced Shaka's rule and the dramatic emergence of the Zulu Kingdom.

Author : Harold E. Raugh
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 685 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2011-06-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780810874671

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Anglo-Zulu War, 1879 by Harold E. Raugh Pdf

The Anglo-Zulu War was one of many colonial campaigns in which the British Army served as the instrument of British imperialism. The conflict, fought against a native adversary the British initially under-estimated, is remarkable for battles that included perhaps the most humiliating defeat in British military history-the Battle of Isandlwana, January 22, 1879-and one of its most heroic feats of martial arms-the defense of Rorke's Drift, January 22-23, 1879. While lasting only six months, it is one of the most examined, studied, and debated conflicts in Victorian military history. Anglo-Zulu War, 1879: A Selected Bibliography is a research guide and tool for identifying obscure publications and source materials in order to encourage continued original and thought-provoking contributions to this popular field of historical study. From the student or neophyte to the study of the Anglo-Zulu War, its battles, and its opponents to the more experienced historian or scholar, this selected bibliography is a must for anyone interested in the 1879 Anglo-Zulu War.

Author : Gordon Martel
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 2973 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2012-01-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9781405190374

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The Encyclopedia of War, 5 Volume Set by Gordon Martel Pdf

This ground-breaking 5-volume reference is a comprehensive print and electronic resource covering the history of warfare from ancient times to the present day, across the entire globe. Arranged in A-Z format, the Encyclopedia provides an overview of the most important events, people, and terms associated with warfare - from the Punic Wars to the Mongol conquest of China, and the War on Terror; from the Ottoman Sultan, Suleiman ‘the Magnificent’, to the Soviet Military Commander, Georgi Konstantinovich Zhukov; and from the crossbow to chemical warfare. Individual entries range from 1,000 to 6,000 words with the longer, essay-style contributions giving a detailed analysis of key developments and ideas. Drawing on an experienced and internationally diverse editorial board, the Encyclopedia is the first to offer readers at all levels an extensive reference work based on the best and most recent scholarly research. The online platform further provides interactive cross-referencing links and powerful searching and browsing capabilities within the work and across Wiley-Blackwell’s comprehensive online reference collection. Learn more at www.encyclopediaofwar.com. Selected by Choice as a 2013 Outstanding Academic Title Recipient of a 2012 PROSE Award honorable mention

Author : Warren R. Perry
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2005-11-25
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780306471568

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Landscape Transformations and the Archaeology of Impact by Warren R. Perry Pdf

An attempt to use archaeological materials to investigate the colonization of southeastern Africa during the period 1500 to 1900. Perry demonstrates the usefulness of archaeology in bypassing the biases of the ethnohistorical and documentary record and generating a more comprehensive understanding of history. Special attention is paid to the period of state formation in Swaziland and a critique of the `Settler Model', which the author finds to be invalid.

Author : James A. Delle,Stephen A. Mrozowski,Robert Paynter
Publisher : Univ. of Tennessee Press
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : History
ISBN : 1572330864

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Lines that Divide by James A. Delle,Stephen A. Mrozowski,Robert Paynter Pdf

The division of human society by race, class, and gender has been addressed by scholars in many of the social sciences. Now historical archaeologists are demonstrating how material culture can be used to examine the processes that have erected boundaries between people. Drawing on case studies from around the world, the essays in this volume highlight diverse moments in the rise of capitalist civilization both in Western Europe and its colonies. In the first section, the contributors address the dynamics of the racial system that emerged from European colonialism. They show how archaeological remains shed light on the institution of slavery in the American Southeast, on the treatment of Native Americans by Mormon settlers, and on the color line in colonial southern Africa. The next group of articles considers how gender was negotiated in nineteenth-century New York City, in colonial Ecuador, and on Jamaican coffee plantations. A final section focuses on the issue of class division by examining the built environment of eighteenth-century Catalonia and material remains and housing from early industrial Massachusetts. These essays constitute an archaeology of capitalism and clearly demonstrate the importance of history in shaping cultural consciousness. Arguing that material culture is itself an active agent in the negotiation of social difference, they reveal the ways in which historical archaeologists can contribute to both the definition and dismantling of the lines that divide.

Author : Elizabeth A. Eldredge
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : History
ISBN : 9781580465144

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Kingdoms and Chiefdoms of Southeastern Africa by Elizabeth A. Eldredge Pdf

Examines indigenous oral traditions and histories in order to explain the factors propelling sociopolitical consolidation and the emergence of chiefdoms and kingdoms in nineteenth-century southeastern Africa.

Author : David William Cohen
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1994-06-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9780226112787

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The Combing of History by David William Cohen Pdf

How is historical knowledge produced? And how do silence and forgetting figure in the knowledge we call history? Taking us through time and across the globe, David William Cohen's exploration of these questions exposes the circumstantial nature of history. His investigation uncovers the conventions and paradigms that govern historical knowledge and historical texts and reveals the economic, social, and political forces at play in the production of history. Drawing from a wide range of examples, including African legal proceedings, German and American museum exhibits, Native American commemorations, public and academic debates, and scholarly research, David William Cohen explores the "walls and passageways" between academic and non-academic productions of history.