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Mfecane Aftermath: Reconstructive Debates in Southern African History

Mfecane Aftermath: Reconstructive Debates in Southern African History

Paperback

African History

ISBN10: 1868142523
ISBN13: 9781868142521
Publisher: Wits Univ Pr
Published: Jan 1 1995
Pages: 512
Weight: 1.90
Height: 1.00 Width: 6.80 Depth: 9.40
Language: English

The idea that the period of social turbulence in the nineteenth century was a consequence of the emergence of the powerful Zulu kingdom under Shaka has been written about extensively as a central episode of southern African history.
Considerable dynamic debate has focused on the idea that this period - the 'mfecane'- left much of the interior depopulated, thereby justifying white occupation. One view is that 'the time of troubles' owed more to the Delagoa Bay Slave trade and the demands of the labour-hungry Cape colonists than to Shaka's empire building. But is there sufficient evidence to support the argument?

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