The White Camel of the Makgabeng
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8977306 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Benjamin W Smith, Benjamin Smith (0000-0003-1215-4093, University of the Witwatersrand, corresponding author), JOHAN A VAN SCHALKWYK |
| Year | 2002 |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 235-254 |
| Publication date | 2002-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of African History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-8537 • E-ISSN: 1469-5138 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s002185370100799x |
| OpenAlex | W2139337509 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 19 |
Research in the Northern Province of South Africa has revealed a most surprising new rock art find: a painting of a camel. This paper investigates how and why a camel came to be painted in the remote rock art of the Makgabeng hills. Analysis of archival material allows one to attribute the painting to a Northern Sotho artist who was active in the first decade of the twentieth century. The purpose of the painting is revealed in its context; it forms part of a collection of paintings which ridicule elements of ineptness in the ways of the new white intruders. We argue that this pointed humour helped the Makgabeng community to overcome some of the trauma of the displacement and violence which characterized the era of the first white settlement in northern South Africa
Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Art history · Context (archaeology · Ethnology · Geography · Painting · Rock art · Settlement (finance · Visual arts · White (mutation · African history and culture studies · Archaeology and Rock Art Studies · History · South African History and Culture
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Taking Stock
| Unique citing works | 19 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,86 |
| Citation span | 2004 - 2026 (23) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 19 |