The Return of Makhanda Exploring the Legend |
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| Author:
| Wells, Julia C. |
| Series title: | Thinking Africa Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-86914-238-4 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 2012 |
| Publisher: | University of Kwazulu-Natal Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $35.00USD $35.00USD $30.00 |
Book Description:
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Makhanda was a Xhosa leader and warrior-prophet who lived in the early nineteenth century and led a massive attack on the British in Grahamstown in 1819Although he was portrayed in the written record as a religious fanatic and millinarian prophet who led his own people to destruction, this evocative account demonstrates that the popular heroic view of Makhanda as one of South Africa's early freedom fighters is far more justified.
Makhanda was a Xhosa leader and warrior-prophet who lived in the early nineteenth century and led a massive attack on the British in Grahamstown in 1819Although he was portrayed in the written record as a religious fanatic and millinarian prophet who led his own people to destruction, this evocative account demonstrates that the popular heroic view of Makhanda as one of South Africa's early freedom fighters is far more justified.