3 - Historicizing the Ndebele
Corresponding Author(s) : James Muzondidya
Africa Review of Books,
Vol. 6 No. 1 (2010): Africa Review of Books, Volume 6, n° 1, 2010
Abstract
The historical and contemporary experiences of the Ndebele people have generally been marginalized in academic and public discourses about Zimbabwe. Their history has also been a subject of great controversy, exaggerations and distortions, repeated by both the Ndebele people themselves and outsiders. Building on these distorted historical memories and myths, the Ndebele people have been invariably represented as ‘heroic warriors’, ‘noble savages’ or ‘bloodthirsty savages’ in the historical and popular accounts that abound...
Keywords
- Beach, D.N., 1986, War and Politics in Zimbabwe, 1840-1900, Gweru: Mambo Press.
- Bhebe, N., 1973, ‘Some Aspects of the Ndebele Relations with the Shona’, Rhodesian History, vol. iv.
- Cobbing, J.R.D., 1976, ‘The Ndebele under the Khumalos’, Ph.D. thesis, University of Lancaster.
- Cobbing, J.R.D., 1974,‘The Evolution of Ndebele Amabutho’, Journal of African History, vol. xv, no.4.
- Lye, W.L., 1969, ‘The Ndebele Kingdom South of the Limpopo River’, Journal of African History, Vol. xi, pp.87-104.
- Ranger, T.O., 1985, The Invention of Tribalism in Zimbabwe, Gweru: Mambo Press.
- Rasmussen, R.K., 1978, Migrant Kingdom: Mzilikazi’s Ndebele in South Africa, London: Rex Collings.
- Summers, R. and Pagden, C.W., 1970, The Warriors, Cape Town: Books of Africa.
- Wallis, J.P.R., 1945, The Matabele Journals of Robert Moffat, 1829-1860: 2 Volumes (Chatto and Windies).
References
Beach, D.N., 1986, War and Politics in Zimbabwe, 1840-1900, Gweru: Mambo Press.
Bhebe, N., 1973, ‘Some Aspects of the Ndebele Relations with the Shona’, Rhodesian History, vol. iv.
Cobbing, J.R.D., 1976, ‘The Ndebele under the Khumalos’, Ph.D. thesis, University of Lancaster.
Cobbing, J.R.D., 1974,‘The Evolution of Ndebele Amabutho’, Journal of African History, vol. xv, no.4.
Lye, W.L., 1969, ‘The Ndebele Kingdom South of the Limpopo River’, Journal of African History, Vol. xi, pp.87-104.
Ranger, T.O., 1985, The Invention of Tribalism in Zimbabwe, Gweru: Mambo Press.
Rasmussen, R.K., 1978, Migrant Kingdom: Mzilikazi’s Ndebele in South Africa, London: Rex Collings.
Summers, R. and Pagden, C.W., 1970, The Warriors, Cape Town: Books of Africa.
Wallis, J.P.R., 1945, The Matabele Journals of Robert Moffat, 1829-1860: 2 Volumes (Chatto and Windies).