A Tempest in a Teapot? Nineteenth-Century Contests for Land in South Africa's Caledon Valley and the Invention of the Mfecane
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8980129 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Norman Etherington (0000-0002-9764-9361, The University of Western Australia, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 203-219 |
| Publication date | 2004-07-01 |
| 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/s0021853703008624 |
| OpenAlex | W2120781215 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 1 |
The unresolved debate on the mfecane in southern African history has been marked by general acceptance of the proposition that large-scale loss of life and disruption of settled society was experienced across the whole region. Attempts to quantify either the violence or mortality have been stymied by a lack of evidence. What apparently reliable evidence does exist describes small districts, most notably the Caledon Valley. In contrast to Julian Cobbing, who called the mfecane an alibi for colonial-sponsored violence, this article argues that much documentation of conflict in the Caledon region consisted of various ‘alibis’ for African land seizures and claims in the 1840s and 1850s
Alibi · Archaeology · Art history · Cartography · Colonialism · Ethnology · Geography · Scale (ratio · Settlement (finance · Tempest · African history and culture studies · African studies and sociopolitical issues · History · South African History and Culture
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| Citations per year | 0.5 |
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| Citation span | 2010 - 2024 (15) |
| Highly cited | No |