The Great Treks: The Transformation of Southern Africa 1815-1854

by Norman Etherington

Book Overview

The mass migration of the Boer farmers from Cape Colony to escape British domination in 1835-36 - the Great Trek - has always been a potent icon of Afrikaaner nationalism and identity. For African nationalists, the Mfecane - the vast movement of the Black populations in the interior following the emergence of a new Zulu kingdom as a major military force in the early 19th century - offers an equally powerful symbol of the making of a nation. These...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138158992
• ISBN13: 9781138158993
• Release Date: December 2016
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 394 Pages
• Weight: 1.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"