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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.

Zulu (African people) --- History. --- Historiography. --- Dingane, --- Africa, Southern --- Politics and government --- Amazulu (African people) --- Isizulu (African people) --- Kafirs (African people) --- Zulus --- Zunda (African people) --- Dingaan, --- Dingana, --- Dingane kaSenzangakhona Zulu, --- Ethnology --- Nguni (African people) --- Africa, Sub-Saharan-History. --- History, Modern. --- Social history. --- Civilization-History. --- History of Sub-Saharan Africa. --- Modern History. --- Social History. --- Cultural History. --- Descriptive sociology --- Social conditions --- Social history --- History --- Sociology --- Modern history --- World history, Modern --- World history --- Africa, Sub-Saharan—History. --- Civilization—History.