- Title
- The history and historiography of the Amamfengu of the Eastern Cape, 1820-1900
- Creator
- Maxengana, Nomalungisa Sylvia
- Subject
- Fingo (African people) -- History Eastern Cape (South Africa) -- History
- Date
- 2018
- Type
- Thesis
- Type
- Doctoral
- Type
- PhD (History)
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10353/17872
- Identifier
- 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
- Format
- 196 leaves
- Format
- Publisher
- University of Fort Hare
- Publisher
- Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities
- Language
- English
- Rights
- University of Fort Hare
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