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Auction #115 begins on 30 May 2024

Hamilton, Caroline (editor), Thomas Dowson and 14 other contributors

The Mfecane Aftermath

Reconstructive Debates in Southern African History

Published: Witwatersrand and Natal University Presses, Johannesburg and Pietermaritzburg, 1995

Edition: First

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Mfecane was the name of a 19th century Zulu war. The front cover shows "the historic remains of the underground settlement at Lepalong, dated by oral records to the 1820s and 1830s". 

In addition to the editor, the contributors are:

  • Thomas Dowson
  • Elizabeth Eldredge
  • Norman Etherington
  • Jan-Bart Gewald
  • Simon Hall
  • Guy Hartley
  • Margaret Kinsman
  • Andrew Manson
  • John Omer-Cooper
  • Neil Parsons
  • Jeff Pieres
  • Christopher Saunders
  • Alan Webster
  • John Wright
  • Dan Wylie

Colour pictorial limp covers, plain endpapers, xvi + 493 pp of prelims, text with 15 maps, appendixes and index.

CONDITION. The covers are lightly edge-chipped. David Hammond-Tooke's ownership signature is on the half-title. The contents are otherwise unmarked, complete and undiscoloured.

  • Jacket Condition: (Limp covers)
  • Binding Condition: Very Good
  • Overall Condition: Very Good
  • Size: 240 x 170
  • Sold By: Fontein Books
  • Contact Person: Richard Proctor-Sims
  • Country: South Africa
  • Email: [email protected]
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  • Preferred Payment Methods: Eft (South Africa), SWIFT (rest of world), or $ checks for US or Australian buyers
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