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African Perspectives of King Dingane kaSenzangakhona

The Second Monarch of the Zulu Kingdom

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Authors:
  1. Sifiso Mxolisi Ndlovu

    1. University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa

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  • Presents the first comprehensive textual and archival analysis of representations of King Dingane
  • Foregrounds African texts and viewpoints to construct an alternative to dominant white South African historiography
  • Argues for the centralization of indigenous African languages in the writing of South African history
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: African Histories and Modernities (AHAM)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Introduction

    • Sifiso Mxolisi Ndlovu
    Pages 1-31

  3. Magolwane kaMkhathini Jiyane and Mshongweni: Izibongo and the Construction of King Dingane’s Archive

    • Sifiso Mxolisi Ndlovu
    Pages 33-62

  4. Oral Traditions and the Consolidation of King Dingane’s Archive: Mid-Nineteenth to the Early Twentieth Century

    • Sifiso Mxolisi Ndlovu
    Pages 63-96

  5. The Image of King Dingane and Zulu Nationalist Politics

    • Sifiso Mxolisi Ndlovu
    Pages 97-128

  6. ‘Remember Dingaan’s Day: The Passing of African Independence’: Public History and the Counter-Commemoration of King Dingane, 1920–1930

    • Sifiso Mxolisi Ndlovu
    Pages 129-166

  7. African Nationalists and Contending Perspectives of King Dingane: 1916–1980s

    • Sifiso Mxolisi Ndlovu
    Pages 167-199

  8. African Academics and Poets: The Roots of Scholarly Perspectives on King Dingane, 1930s–1980s

    • Sifiso Mxolisi Ndlovu
    Pages 201-243

  9. The Political Images of King Dingane in the Age of the Armed Struggle: 1960–1994

    • Sifiso Mxolisi Ndlovu
    Pages 245-275

  10. Conclusion

    • Sifiso Mxolisi Ndlovu
    Pages 277-289

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 291-303
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About this book

This book examines the active role played by Africans in the pre-colonial production of historical knowledge in South Africa, focusing on perspectives of the second king of amaZulu, King Dingane. It draws upon a wealth of oral traditions, izibongo, and the work of public intellectuals such as Magolwane kaMkhathini Jiyane and Mshongweni to present African perspectives of King Dingane as multifaceted, and in some cases, constructed according to socio-political formations and aimed at particular audiences. By bringing African perspectives to the fore, this innovative historiography centralizes indigenous African languages in the production of historical knowledge.

Reviews

“This book makes a considered response to fields that reify the colonial master narratives of Empire today. Over a spread of deftly argued chapters, each with its own lens that draws from disparate sources of the oral tradition and journalism, it provides a compelling case for an alternative historiography of King Dingane, with a locus that is at once in the south and indigenous. Ndlovu has made an invaluable, timely contribution to the recent tidal waves of decoloniality, in South Africa and abroad.” (Kgomotso Michael Masemola, Full Professor of English Literature, University of South Africa)

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa

    Sifiso Mxolisi Ndlovu

About the author

Sifiso Mxolisi Ndlovu is an Executive Director at the South African Democracy Education Trust, Professor of History at the University of South Africa, and a member of UNESCO’s Scientific Committee on the General History of Africa multi-volume series.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: African Perspectives of King Dingane kaSenzangakhona

  • Book Subtitle: The Second Monarch of the Zulu Kingdom

  • Authors: Sifiso Mxolisi Ndlovu

  • Series Title: African Histories and Modernities

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-56787-7

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: History, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2017

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-56786-0Published: 18 August 2017

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-86001-5Published: 13 May 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-56787-7Published: 06 August 2017

  • Series ISSN: 2634-5773

  • Series E-ISSN: 2634-5781

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 303

  • Topics: History of Sub-Saharan Africa, Modern History, Social History, Cultural History

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