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Since his assassination in 1828, King Shaka Zulu—founder of the powerful Zulu kingdom and leader of the army that nearly toppled British colonial rule in South Africa—has made his empire in popular imaginations throughout Africa and the West. Shaka is today the hero of Zulu nationalism, the centerpiece of Inkatha ideology, a demon of apartheid, the namesake of a South African theme park, even the subject of a major TV film. Terrific Majesty explores the reasons for the potency of Shaka’s image, examining the ways it has changed over time—from colonial legend, through Africanist idealization, to modern cultural icon. This study suggests that “tradition” cannot be freely invented, either by European observers who recorded it or by subsequent African ideologues. There are particular historical limits and constraints that operate on the activities of invention and imagination and give the various images of Shaka their power. These insights are illustrated with subtlety and authority in a series of highly original analyses. Terrific Majesty is an exceptional work whose special contribution lies in the methodological lessons it delivers; above all its sophisticated rehabilitation of colonial sources for the precolonial period, through the demonstration that colonial texts were critically shaped by indigenous African discourse. With its sensitivity to recent critical studies, the book will also have a wider resonance in the fields of history, anthropology, cultural studies, and postcolonial literature.

Nationalism --- Zulu (African people) --- History. --- Kings and rulers --- Chaka --- History --- Biography --- Inkatha Freedom Party --- South Africa --- Shaka, --- Inkatha Freedom Party. --- Chaka, --- Shaka kaSenzangakhona, --- Shaka Zulu, --- Tshaka, --- U-Shaka, --- Great Elephant, --- IFP --- Inkatha Vryheidsparty --- Inkatha (Organization : South Africa)

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A powerful re-reading of modern South African history following apartheid that examines the violent transformation during the transition era and how this was enacted in the African townships of the Witwatersrand.

Apartheid --- Political violence --- Violence --- Political crimes and offenses --- Terrorism --- History. --- African National Congress --- Inkatha Freedom Party --- IFP --- Inkatha Vryheidsparty --- Inkatha (Organization : South Africa) --- African National Congress of South Africa --- African National Congress (South Africa) --- Afrikanskiĭ nat︠s︡ionalʹnyĭ kongress --- ANC --- ANC(SA) --- Ḳongres ha-leʼumi ha-Afriḳani --- South African National Congress --- קונגרס הלאומי האפריקני --- Pan Africanist Congress --- South African Native National Congress --- South Africa --- Politics and government --- Apartheid. --- Political violence. --- Separate development (Race relations) --- Segregation --- Anti-apartheid movements --- Post-apartheid era

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#BIBC:AKZA --- 813 Methodologie --- 815 Geschiedenis --- 841 Politiek Bestel --- 841.3 Politieke bewegingen --- 842 Media --- 844.1 Minderheden --- 846.1 Etniciteit --- 846.2 Racisme --- 858 Geweld --- 881.4 Zuidelijk Afrika --- Buthelezi, Gatsha. --- Buthelezi, Mangosuthu Gatsha --- Buthelezi, M. Gatsha --- Buthelezi, Umntwana Mangosuthu G. --- Inkatha (Organization : South Africa) --- Inkatha Yenkululeko Yesizwe --- National Cultural Liberation Movement (South Africa) --- Inkatha Freedom Party --- Homelands (South Africa) --- Kwazulu (South Africa) --- South Africa --- Africa, South --- Kwa Zulu (South Africa) --- KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa) --- Bantoetuislande (South Africa) --- Bantu Homelands (South Africa) --- Bantustans (South Africa) --- Black Homelands (South Africa) --- South African Homelands (South Africa) --- Tuislande (South Africa) --- Politics and government. --- Politics and government