Iimbali Zamandulo

Stories of the Past (1838-1910)
Herausgeber: Opland, Jeff; Mtuze, Peter T / Übersetzer: Opland, Jeff; Mtuze, Peter T

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Produktbeschreibung

Recollections of ordinary people, in isiXhosa and English translation, of daily life and historical events in the nineteenth century Iimbali zamandulo - 'Stories of the Past' - is a selection of historical testimonies produced by Xhosa-speaking residents of the Eastern Cape between 1838 and 1910. These narratives offer fresh insights into the history of the Xhosa-speaking peoples, providing their own perspectives on their own past. The volume contains recollections reaching back to seventeenth-century dynastic disputes, to a period preceding the southward migrations in the early nineteenth century into territories settled by Xhosa-speaking peoples. It passes on through those migrations, the clashes and resettlement of peoples and of individuals, the contest for land throughout the century, and on to the struggle for social control and the assertion of cultural identity by the century's end. To a remarkable extent, we are lent intimate access here to the lives of ordinary people, seeking better pastures for themselves, their families and their livestock; hunting, fighting and, above all, confronting personal conflict in their choices between mission Christianity and ancestral beliefs; between support for their chiefs or the colonial authorities; between active or passive resistance to encroachment on their territory; and between colonial distortions purveyed in the schools and their receding grasp of their own sustaining histories. University of KwaZulu-Natal Press: Southern African Development Community

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Boydell & Brewer
• Seitenzahl: 528
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Dezember 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781847014566
• ISBN-10: 1847014569
• Artikelnr.: 75365539

Autorenporträt

Edited by Jeff Opland and Peter T. Mtuze

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword by Jeff Peires Introduction 1. Noyi Gciniswa, Iziqwenge zembali
yamaXosa (1838): Parts of Xosa history 2. Jivashe, Indaba zokucolwa kwomtu
o yim-Fecane (1839): News of a Mfecane refugee's liberation 3. Charles
Henry Matshaya, Life of Charles Henry (1842) 4. Gwija and Danga,
[Prophecies] (1857) 5. William Kekale Kayi, Gesimilo senvelo senkosi
zamaxosa (1857?): The origin of the Xosa Chiefs 6. William Kekale Kayi,
Genbali yokuqaleka kokwazeka kwelizwi lika Tixo gokuqondekayo Gamaxosa
(1857?): Tradition respecting the first intelligible acquaintance with
God's word by the Xosa 7. William Kekale Kayi, Ati maxosa enbalini yawo
(1857): The Xosa say in their tradition 8. William Kekale Kayi, Gomtu Ongu
Tsikana umxosa wokuqala okwazi ngelizwi lika Tixo wabako emva konxele
(1857): Of the man Untsikana the first Xosa who knew of God's word. He was
after Xele. 9. William Kekale Kayi, Gokudalwa kwabantu (1857?): Of the
creation of people 10. William Kekale Kayi, The Koob¿lu of Umlangeni
(1857?) 11. Anon., Imbali ka-Hlanga no-Dhlomo (1861): The story of Hlanga
and Dhlomo 12. Tiyo Soga, U-Gxuluwe na-Batwa (1862): Gxuluwe and the Twa
13. John Mazamisa, Izizwe za-Mamfengu (1863): The Mfengu nations 14.
William Kobe Ntsikana, Imbali yendoli yamandulo (1864): The story of the
early Visionary 15. John Muir Vimbe, Amakosi akwa-Zulu (1864): The Zulu
kings 16. John Muir Vimbe, Ukukula kuka-Zulu (1865): The Zulu expansion 17.
Kokela, UMxosa (1871): A Xhosa 18. Anon., Imbali ka Ntsikana umfo ka Gaba
yamhla watwetyulwa wasungulwa ngu Tixo (1875): The story of Ntsikana son of
Gaba on the day he was summoned and consecrated by God 19. John Muir Vimbe,
Ngembali ka Ntsikana (1875): With reference to the story of Ntsikana 20.
Anon., Imbali zamam-Pondomisi akwa-Mditshwa (1876): Stories of the Mditshwa
Mpondomise 21. Platje Mhlanga, A story of Native wars by an aged Fingo
(1877) 22. John Muir Vimbe, Ukulwa (1878): Conflict 23. Juju Pantsi,
Reminiscences of an old Xhosa (1880) 24. Vete Mziziba, Historical sketch of
the Pondomise tribe (1881) 25. Mabasa and Nomlala, A brief history of the
Pondomise tribe (1883) 26. Anon., Idlaka lika Soga umfo ka Jotelo (1884):
The burial of Soga son of Jotelo 27. John Muir Vimbe, Ingxabano ka Ndlambe
no Ngqika (1885): The quarrel between Ndlambe and Ngqika 28. W.D. Soga,
Imbali ye Nkosikazi u Sutu (1885): The story of the Lady Sutu 29. William
Kobe Ntsikana, Imbali zakwa Xosa (1887): Xhosa histories 30. Charles Pamla,
Ama-Xhosa naba-Mbo (1887): The Xhosa and the abaMbo 31. Pambani Jeremiah
Mzimba, Imbali yase Mbo (1888): The history of Emboland 32. William Kobe
Ntsikana, Imbali ka Makanda ogama limbi lingu Nxele (1888): The story of
Makanda known as Nxele 33. W.W. Gqoba, Isizatu sokuxelwa kwe nkomo ngo
Nongqause (1888): The motivation of the Nongqause cattle-killing 34. Qitala
lakwa Ngqika, Imbali zamandulo (1888): Stories of the past 35. M. Kinass,
Imbali zabantsundu (1888): Histories of black people 36. John Muir Vimbe,
Imbali yokufika kwe lizwi kwa Xosa (1888): The story of the arrival of the
Word among the Xosa 37. William Kobe Ntsikana, Imbali zamandulo (1888):
Stories of the past 38. Nathaniel Cyril Mhala, Ukuvela kwamaNdlambe
(1898?): The origin of the Ndlambe 39. William F. Xatasi, Inkosi zama Xhosa
(1901-02): The Xhosa chiefs 40. William F. Xatasi, Ubukosi base Xhibeni kwa
Ngqika (1902): Chieftainship in the Ngqika Xhiba House 41. Isaac Williams
Wauchope, Extracts from The Natives and Their Missionaries (1908) 42. Zaze
Soga, NgoNtsikana (1910?): Ntsikana 43. Makapela Noyi Balfour, NgoNtsikana
(1910): Ntsikana 44. Jacob Mnxü ma Noyi, NgoNtsikana (1910?): Ntsikana
Appendix: Two variants 45. John Knox Bokwe (ed.), Ama-Xosa history by
Robert Balfour Noyi: a follower (1914) 46. William Kekale Kayi, Xosa
traditions &c. (1857) English equivalents of Xhosa place names Sources
References