The Mfecane Aftermath: Reconstructive Debates In South African History

A guide for interpreting the mfecane's role in history. Was the mfecane a figment of historians' imagination as Julian Cobbing contends? How large a responsibility do Shaka and the Zulu people bear for the social turbulence in South-central and South-east Africa in the early decades of the 19th century? These are some of the issues explored in this collection, which is designed as a response to the radical critique of Dr. Cobbing and other scholars.

Softcover. English. Wits University Press. 1995. ISBN: 9781868142521. 493 pp with drawings and maps. Good. Book No: 2504384