Download or read book Terrific Majesty written by Carolyn Hamilton and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2009-07 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since his assassination in 1828, King Shaka Zulu--founder of the powerful Zulu kingdom and leader of the army that nearly toppled British colonial rule in South Africa--has made his empire in popular imaginations throughout Africa and the West. Shaka is today the hero of Zulu nationalism, the centerpiece of Inkatha ideology, a demon of apartheid, the namesake of a South African theme park, even the subject of a major TV film. Terrific Majesty explores the reasons for the potency of Shaka's image, examining the ways it has changed over time--from colonial legend, through Africanist idealization, to modern cultural icon. This study suggests that "tradition" cannot be freely invented, either by European observers who recorded it or by subsequent African ideologues. There are particular historical limits and constraints that operate on the activities of invention and imagination and give the various images of Shaka their power. These insights are illustrated with subtlety and authority in a series of highly original analyses. Terrific Majesty is an exceptional work whose special contribution lies in the methodological lessons it delivers; above all its sophisticated rehabilitation of colonial sources for the precolonial period, through the demonstration that colonial texts were critically shaped by indigenous African discourse. With its sensitivity to recent critical studies, the book will also have a wider resonance in the fields of history, anthropology, cultural studies, and postcolonial literature.
Download or read book This is Harry Flynn written by John Jost and published by Angus & Robertson. This book was released on 1974-01-01 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Politics of Race Class and Nationalism in Twentieth Century South Africa written by S. Mark and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-09-25 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The standard of contribution is high . . . the reader gets a good sense of the cutting edge of historical research." – African Affairs
Download or read book Between Two Worlds written by Miriam Tlali and published by Broadview Press. This book was released on 2004-02-13 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set in Soweto outside Johannesburg, Between Two Worlds is one of the most important novels of South Africa under apartheid. Originally published under the title Muriel at Metropolitan, the novel was for some years banned (on the grounds of language derogatory to Afrikaners) even as it received worldwide acclaim. It was later issued in the Longman African Writers Series, but has for some years been out of print and unavailable. This Broadview edition includes a new introduction by the author describing the circumstances in which she wrote Between Two Worlds.
Download or read book Civil Service List written by Cape of Good Hope (South Africa) and published by . This book was released on 1888 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes the Civil service calendar.
Download or read book Forty Lost Years written by Dan O'Meara and published by Raven Press (South Africa). This book was released on 1996 with total page 656 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An analysis of the rise and demise of the National Party's long and violent rule in South Africa, which offers unique insight into the bleakest period in South African politics--the years from D.F. Malan's surprise victory in the 1948 election to the concession of power by F.W. de Klerk and South Africa's first democratic election in 1994. Topics include the nature and functioning of the apartheid economy, the political role of big business and foreign governments, and the evolution of Afrikaner literature. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Download or read book How to Commit Suicide in South Africa written by Sue Coe and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Volkskapitalisme written by Dan O'Meara and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1983-04-14 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volkskapitalisme analyses the development of Afrikaner nationalism from the early thirties to the election victory of the Nationalist Party in 1948. The book sets out to refute the commonly held belief that the nationalist policies of apartheid are simply the product of 'irrational' racial ideology.
Download or read book The Little Red School Book written by Soren Hansen and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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