New History of South Africa – how the Mfecane transformed the political landscape of southern Africa
For most African societies in South Africa, the hallmarks of the nineteenth century were difficulty, conflict, dislocation, reorganisation and finally subjugation. The appearance of the Griqua north ...
The funeral of Zambia's King Mphezeni IV brought together descendants of warriors whose ancestors fought in the Mfecane wars ...
In the heart of a Cape cheesewood tree that had fallen among the stone walling of a forgotten civilisation is the story of one of the worst catastrophes ever to hit South Africa. This disaster ...
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In his controversial analyses of African affairs, former president Olusegun Obasanjo often puts on scholarly airs on account of his experience in government. He had supervised an activist foreign ...
Object Details Author Eldredge, Elizabeth A Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI 1995 19th century Call number DT1123 .M617 1995 Type Articles Place Mozambique Delagoa Bay KwaZulu-Natal ...
Hundreds of thousands of people - possibly even a million or more - across southern Africa died from starvation and war during the 'crushing', the Difaqane or Mfecane, of 1816-17. One of the main ...
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