The Maphumulo Uprising - War, Law and Ritual in the Zulu Rebellion (Paperback, illustrated edition)

In 1906, the authorities in the colony of Natal put down, with great loss of life, an uprising that has become known as the Zulu or Bhambatha rebellion. Accounts have tended to concentrate on Bhambatha, the man who led the guerrilla war in the Nkandla forest, but this book shifts the focus to the Maphumulo area where two famous chiefs led their people in violent resistance to the colonial militia. This account also goes beyond the physical conflict. It examines the rituals that preceded it and the life and death struggle in the courts which followed as the colonial authorities sought to make an example of those who, they alleged, had used not just African weapons, but African medicine and superstition/religion to drive the white man out of Africa. The Maphumulo Uprising introduces many of the social and political issues around ethnicity, identity, and nationalism that have been such a feature of the subsequent history of KwaZulu-Natal.

General

Imprint:	University of KwaZulu-Natal Press
Country of origin:	South Africa
Release date:	September 2005
First published:	September 2005
Authors:	Jeff Guy
Dimensions:	230 x 152 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	276
Edition:	illustrated edition
ISBN-13:	978-1-86914-048-9
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > African history > General Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > General Books > History > African history > General Books > History > World history > From 1900 > General Books > Local Author Showcase > Politics
LSN:	1-86914-048-6
Barcode:	9781869140489

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