Violence and Solace: The Natal Civil War in Late-Apartheid South Africa

by Mxolisi McHunu and Mxolisi R. Mchunu

The Natal Midlands in South Africa was ravaged by conflict in the 1980s and 1990s between supporters of the United Democratic Front and Inkatha. The violence left thousands of people dead, injured, homeless, and emotionally wounded. In Violence and Solace, Mxolisi Mchunu provides a historical study of the origins, causes, and nature of political violence in the rural community of KwaShange in the Vulindlela district, one of the areas most affected...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813946360
• ISBN13: 9780813946368
• Release Date: July 2021
• Publisher: University of Virginia Press
• Length: 286 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.7" x 9.2"