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Faku: Rulership and Colonialism in the Mpondo Kingdom (C. 1780-1867)

Faku: Rulership and Colonialism in the Mpondo Kingdom (C. 1780-1867)

Stapleton, Timothy J.

Paperback

Biographies GeneralAfrican HistoryGeneral Political Science

ISBN10: 1554585937
ISBN13: 9781554585939
Publisher: Wilfrid Laurier Univ Pr
Published: Apr 15 2013
Pages: 216
Weight: 0.65
Height: 0.50 Width: 6.00 Depth: 8.90
Language: English

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.

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