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Author | : Jeffrey B. Peires |
Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 312 |
Release | : 1982-01-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780520046634 |
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"In this first modern history of the Xhosa, J.B. Peires relates the story of one of the most numerous and important indigenous peoples in contemporary South Africa from their consolidation, through an era of cooperation and conflict with whites (whom the Xhosa regarded as uncivilized), to the frontier wars that eventuated in their present position as a subordinate group in the modern South African state"--Back cover.
Author | : Jeffrey B. Peires |
Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 308 |
Release | : 1982-01-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780520047938 |
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"In this first modern history of the Xhosa, J.B. Peires relates the story of one of the most numerous and important indigenous peoples in contemporary South Africa from their consolidation, through an era of cooperation and conflict with whites (whom the Xhosa regarded as uncivilized), to the frontier wars that eventuated in their present position as a subordinate group in the modern South African state"--Back cover.
Author | : Anne Kelk Mager |
Publisher | : Juta and Company (Pty) Ltd |
Total Pages | : 280 |
Release | : 2018-08-30 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1775822257 |
Download The House of Tshatshu Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
In rural South Africa today, there are signs that chieftaincies are resurging after having been disbanded in colonial times. Among these is the amaTshatshu of the Eastern Cape, which was dis-established in 1852 by the British, and recognised once more under the democratic ANC dispensation, in 2003. Bawana, leader of the amaTshatshu, was the first Thembu chief to cross the Kei River, in the mid-1820s, to open up the northeastern frontier of the Cape Colony. His successors and followers fought the British in the frontier wars but were defeated. In tracing his history and that of his descendants this book explores the meaning of chieftainship in South Africa—at the time of colonial conquest, under apartheid’s bantustans, and now, post apartheid. It illustrates not only the story of a beleaguered and dispossessed people but also the ways in which power is constructed. In addition, it is about gender and land, about belonging, identity and naming. The book unsettles accounts of chiefly authority, unpacks conflicts between royal families, municipalities and government departments, and explores the impasse created by these quarrels. It retrieves evidence that the colonial state sought to obliterate and draws the disempowered back into the process of making history. The authors are both closely associated with the land and the people of the amaTshatshu. One is a historian, who grew up on their land, and the other is counsellor to the chief. As such, they bring their knowledge and respective skills to bear in this book. The collaboration of a black and a white author sets up a creative tension which animates the text and is a powerful element of the book.
Author | : Jeffrey B. Peires |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 302 |
Release | : 1981 |
Genre | : Africa, Southern |
ISBN | : |
Download Before and After Shaka Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : Jacklyn Cock |
Publisher | : Wits University Press |
Total Pages | : 220 |
Release | : 2018-03-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1776141873 |
Download Writing the Ancestral River Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Writing the Ancestral River is an illuminating and unusual biography of the Kowie River in the Eastern Cape. This tidal river runs through the centre of what used to be called the Zuurveld, a formative meeting ground of different peoples who have shaped our history: Khoikhoi herders, Xhosa pastoralists, Dutch trekboers and British settlers. Their direct descendants continue to live in the area and interact in ways that have been decisively shaped by their shared history. Besides being a social history, this is also a natural history of the river and its catchment area, where dinosaurs once roamed and cycads still grow. As the book shows, the natural world of the Kowie has felt the effects of human settlement, most strikingly through the establishment of a harbour at the mouth of the river in the 19th century and the development of a marina in the late 20th century. Both projects have had a decisive and deleterious impact on the Kowie. People are increasingly reconnecting with nature and justice through rivers. Acknowledging the past, and the inter-generational, racialised privileges, damages and denials it established and perpetuates, is necessary for any shared future. By focusing on this `little' river, the book raises larger questions about colonialism, capitalism, `development' and ecology, and asks us to consider the connections between social and environmental injustice.
Author | : Leslie Anne Hadfield |
Publisher | : University of Wisconsin Pres |
Total Pages | : 277 |
Release | : 2021-05-11 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0299331202 |
Download A Bold Profession Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
In rural South African clinics, Black nurses were charged with administering life-saving health care measures despite a lack of equipment and personnel, often while navigating the intersections of traditional African healing practices and changing gender relations. A Bold Profession is an homage to their dedication to the well-being of their communities.
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Publisher | : New Africa Books |
Total Pages | : 228 |
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ISBN | : 9780864866455 |
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Author | : Edyta M. Bojanowska |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 261 |
Release | : 2018-04-16 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0674985702 |
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Through the lens of a classic Russian travelogue, this historical study examines early globalization and Russia’s participation in the Imperial race. In the 1850s, American Commodore Matthew Perry embarked on a legendary expedition to open trade relations with Japan. Less well known is the Russian expedition that followed on his heels. Serving aboard the Russian Frigate Pallada was the novelist Ivan Goncharov, who turned his impressions into a bestselling book. In A World of Empires, Edyta Bojanowska uses Goncharov’s travelogue as a window onto mid-19th century global imperialism. Goncharov recounts experiences in Africa’s Cape Colony, Dutch Java, Spanish Manila, Japan, and the British ports of Singapore, Hong Kong, and Shanghai, offering keen insight on imperial expansion, cooperation, and competition. Often overlooked in the history of European imperialism, Russia emerges here as an increasingly assertive empire, eager to position itself on the world stage and fully conversant with the ideologies of civilizing mission and race. Goncharov’s gripping narrative offers a unique eyewitness account of empire in action. Bojanowska’s illuminating analysis reveals both a zeal to emulate European powers and a determination to define Russia against them. A Financial Times Best History Book of the Year
Author | : Jongikhaya Mvenene |
Publisher | : African Sun Media |
Total Pages | : 178 |
Release | : 2020-10-02 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1928480675 |
Download A History of the AbaThembu People from Earliest Times to 1920 Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This book is an account of the history of the abaThembu, from the reign of uKumkani Nxeko in c.1650 to the death of uKumkani Dalindyebo in 1920. The importance of this cut‑off date lies in the fact that uKumkani Dalindyebo’s reign was characterised by relative stability compared to those of his predecessors. His prestige, however, was demeaned by the Department of Native Affairs’ Secretary whose instruction was that uKumkani Dalindyebo should not be addressed as a ‘paramount chief’ as that title applied exclusively to the government, thereby strengthening the government’s position and elevating it to be above customary law. AbaThembuland was – and still is – central to the history of the former Transkei region and South Africa. Not only does it form part of the former Transkei region, but it also constitutes South Africa, and so divisions, conflicts, developments and/or underdevelopments in abaThembuland inevitably affected not only the former Transkei region but also the greater part of South Africa in no small measure. Thus, the history of abaThembuland and the divisions thereof overlap with the history of the former Transkei region and South Africa.
Author | : Paul S. Landau |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 317 |
Release | : 2010-09-20 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1139488260 |
Download Popular Politics in the History of South Africa, 1400–1948 Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Popular Politics in the History of South Africa, 1400–1948 offers an inclusive vision of South Africa's past. Drawing largely from original sources, Paul Landau presents a history of the politics of the country's people, from the time of their early settlements in the elevated heartlands, through the colonial era, to the dawn of Apartheid. A practical tradition of mobilization, alliance, and amalgamation persisted, mutated, and occasionally vanished from view; it survived against the odds in several forms, in tribalisms, Christian assemblies, and other, seemingly hybrid movements; and it continues today. Landau treats southern Africa broadly, concentrating increasingly on the southern Highveld and ultimately focusing on a transnational movement called the 'Samuelites'. He shows how people's politics in South Africa were suppressed and transformed, but never entirely eliminated.