The return of Makhanda
Subtitle: exploring the legend
By: Julia C. Wells
Series: Thinking Africa; Thinking Africa
Publisher: University of KwaZulu-Natal Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Scottsville
Language: eng
Number of pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9781869142384
Subjects: Xhosa (African people); History; Biography; Kings and rulers
Description: "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 1819. His clarity of thinking and personal charisma propelled him into the position of leading spiritual adviser to the powerful Chief Ndlambe of the Rharhabe. Although 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. With meticulous chronology, Julia C. Wells offers a major revision of our understanding of the life of this often controversial figure."--Publisher's website.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Searching for Makhanda; title: The demonisation of Makhanda; title: The long struggle for the Zuurveld; title: The love-hate relationship of Ndlambe and Ngqika; title: The poisoned wedge; title: Imfazwe ka Makhanda - the war of Makhanda; title: The pain of conquest; title: Escape from Robben Island; title: Conclusion: the legend of embraced.