The history and historiography of the Amamfengu of the Eastern Cape, 1820-1900
- Maxengana, Nomalungisa Sylvia
- Authors: Maxengana, Nomalungisa Sylvia
- Date: 2018
- Subjects: Fingo (African people) -- History Eastern Cape (South Africa) -- History
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Doctoral , PhD (History)
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10353/17872 , vital:41624
- Description: The name '' amaMfengu '' refers not to any specific African people, but is an umbrella term used up to the present day as a collective designation for amaHlubi, amaBhele, amaZizi and other chiefdoms and individuals who fled KwaZulu-Natal in the time of King Tshaka (1818 - 1828) and found refuge in the lands of the Xhosa King Hintsa. Despite their diverse origins, the shared historical experience of the various Mfengu groups provided them with a common identity and a common destiny. Their dire situation as refugees inclined them to mission Christianity which led, in turn, to alliance with the British Empire followed ultimately by rejection from the racist settler regime of the Cape Colony. All these traumatic events took place within a period of eighty years, and it is these eighty years which will be the focus of this dissertation
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- Date Issued: 2018
- Authors: Maxengana, Nomalungisa Sylvia
- Date: 2018
- Subjects: Fingo (African people) -- History Eastern Cape (South Africa) -- History
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Doctoral , PhD (History)
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10353/17872 , vital:41624
- Description: The name '' amaMfengu '' refers not to any specific African people, but is an umbrella term used up to the present day as a collective designation for amaHlubi, amaBhele, amaZizi and other chiefdoms and individuals who fled KwaZulu-Natal in the time of King Tshaka (1818 - 1828) and found refuge in the lands of the Xhosa King Hintsa. Despite their diverse origins, the shared historical experience of the various Mfengu groups provided them with a common identity and a common destiny. Their dire situation as refugees inclined them to mission Christianity which led, in turn, to alliance with the British Empire followed ultimately by rejection from the racist settler regime of the Cape Colony. All these traumatic events took place within a period of eighty years, and it is these eighty years which will be the focus of this dissertation
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- Date Issued: 2018
A new light on the pre-colonial history of South-East Africa, where the 'Other' is the European and the 'Silence' has a voice, based on evidence from shipwreck survivor narratives 1552-1782
- Authors: Vernon, Gillian Noël
- Date: 2009
- Subjects: Shipwrecks -- South Africa -- History Shipwrecks -- Mozambique -- Personal narratives
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Doctoral , PhD (History)
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10353/7930 , vital:30924
- Description: The aim of this dissertation is to extract information from shipwreck survivor narratives, which will add to the known body of knowledge of the pre-colonial history of Southern Africa during the years 1552 to 1782. The discourse analysis focuses on the voice of the African peoples where the Europeans are the 'Strangers', the 'Other', reversing the view that the people of non-European cultures were termed as the 'Other'. Indigenous inhabitants of south-east Africa, south of Kosi Bay, first encountered Europeans in 1552 when a Portuguese ship was wrecked at present-day Port Edward. Subsequently, eight more Portuguese ships were wrecked between Plettenberg Bay and Kosi Bay between the years 1554 to 1647. Two Dutch ships landed on the shore, one south of the Bay of Natal in 1686, and the other being wrecked near the mouth of the Keiskamma River in 1713. There were also two English ships, with one striking the rocks on Bird Island in Algoa Bay in 1755 and the other, the more famous Grosvenor of 1782, coming aground at Lambazi Bay, north of the Mzimvubu River. The survivor groups were large, varying in size from 72 to 500, and most included a large complements of slaves. The survivors of the Portuguese ships made their way to present-day Mozambique where the Portuguese had trading outposts. The survivors of the Dutch ships, as well as those of the Grosvenor tried, with limited success, to make their way to Cape Town. The survivors from two of the Portuguese wrecks and the English group on Bird Island, constructed small ships and managed to sail away.
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- Date Issued: 2009
- Authors: Vernon, Gillian Noël
- Date: 2009
- Subjects: Shipwrecks -- South Africa -- History Shipwrecks -- Mozambique -- Personal narratives
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Doctoral , PhD (History)
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10353/7930 , vital:30924
- Description: The aim of this dissertation is to extract information from shipwreck survivor narratives, which will add to the known body of knowledge of the pre-colonial history of Southern Africa during the years 1552 to 1782. The discourse analysis focuses on the voice of the African peoples where the Europeans are the 'Strangers', the 'Other', reversing the view that the people of non-European cultures were termed as the 'Other'. Indigenous inhabitants of south-east Africa, south of Kosi Bay, first encountered Europeans in 1552 when a Portuguese ship was wrecked at present-day Port Edward. Subsequently, eight more Portuguese ships were wrecked between Plettenberg Bay and Kosi Bay between the years 1554 to 1647. Two Dutch ships landed on the shore, one south of the Bay of Natal in 1686, and the other being wrecked near the mouth of the Keiskamma River in 1713. There were also two English ships, with one striking the rocks on Bird Island in Algoa Bay in 1755 and the other, the more famous Grosvenor of 1782, coming aground at Lambazi Bay, north of the Mzimvubu River. The survivor groups were large, varying in size from 72 to 500, and most included a large complements of slaves. The survivors of the Portuguese ships made their way to present-day Mozambique where the Portuguese had trading outposts. The survivors of the Dutch ships, as well as those of the Grosvenor tried, with limited success, to make their way to Cape Town. The survivors from two of the Portuguese wrecks and the English group on Bird Island, constructed small ships and managed to sail away.
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- Date Issued: 2009
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