Mfecane Aftermath
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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? The Mfecane Aftermath investigates the very nature of historical debate and examines the uncertain foundations of much of the previous historiography.
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About Carolyn Hamilton
Carolyn Hamilton is a South African anthropologist and historian who is a specialist in the history and uses of archives. She is National Research Foundation of South Africa chair in archive and public culture at the University of Cape Town.
Carolyn Hamilton
Carolyn Hamilton is a South African anthropologist and historian who is a specialist in the history and uses of archives. She is National Research Foundation of South Africa chair in archive and public culture at the University of Cape Town.
Thomas Dowson
Thomas Dowson was a Researcher in the Rock Art Research Unit, Department of Archeology, University of the Witwatersrand. He is currently Rock Art Research Fellow in the Department of Archeology at the University of Southampton.
Elizabeth Eldredge
Elizabeth Eldredge is Asscciate Professor of History at Michigan State University.
Norman Etherington
Norman Etherington is Professor of History at the University of Western Australia and a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia.
Jan-Bart Gewald
Jan-Bart Gewald is Professor of African History and Director of the African Studies Centre Leiden Leiden University.
Guy Hartley
Guy Hartley is a PhD candidate in the Department of History at the University of Cape Town.
Margaret Kinsman
Margaret Kinsman is an educationalist working in Cape Town. Her research interest is in the southern Tswana 1780-1880, with a particular focus on the social history of the period and the changing position of women
Andrew Manson
Andrew Manson is Research Professor in the Faculty of Human and Social Sciences, North-West University
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Neil Parsons
Neil Parsons is a freealance writer and former co-editor of the Journal of Southern African Studies.
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Jeff Peires
Jeff Peires is Professor of History at the University of Fort Hare and a former Member of Parliament.
Christopher Saunders
Christopher Saunders is Emeritus Professor in the History department at the University of Cape Town and is involved with the Archive and Public Culture Research Initiative.
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Alan Webster
Alan Webster was a teacher Stirling High School in East London and at Rhodes University.
John Wright
John Wright is a historian and Senior Researcher in the Rock Art Research Institute at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.
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