Sifiso Mxolisi Ndlovu

Gebundenes Buch

African Perspectives of King Dingane kaSenzangakhona

The Second Monarch of the Zulu Kingdom

Beschreibung

This book examines the active role played by Africans in the pre-colonial production of historical knowledge in South Africa, focusing on perspectives of the second king of amaZulu, King Dingane. It draws upon a wealth of oral traditions, izibongo, and the work of public intellectuals such as Magolwane kaMkhathini Jiyane and Mshongweni to present African perspectives of King Dingane as multifaceted, and in some cases, constructed according to socio-political formations and aimed at particular audiences. By bringing African perspectives to the fore, this innovative historiography centralizes indigenous African languages in the production of historical knowledge.

Autor

Sifiso Mxolisi Ndlovu is an Executive Director at the South African Democracy Education Trust, Professor of History at the University of South Africa, and a member of UNESCO's Scientific Committee on the General History of Africa multi-volume series.

Produktdetails

• African Histories and Modernities
• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan / Springer International Publishing / Springer, Berlin
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-3-319-56786-0
• 1st ed. 2017
• Seitenzahl: 316
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. August 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 153mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 548g
• ISBN-13: 9783319567860
• ISBN-10: 3319567861
• Artikelnr.: 47755611