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Showing 1 to 3 of 3 for “"Xhosa Cattle-Killing"”.
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Theories of religion and the Great Xhosa Cattle-Killing Movement of 1856-1857
… theories, will be used to explain the Great Xhosa Cattle-Killing Movement of 1856-1857.
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History in the literary imagination: the telling of Nongqawuse and the Xhosa Cattle-Killing in South African literature and culture (1891-1937)
… movement of 1856–7, commonly known as the Xhosa Cattle-Killing. My project examines a range of literary representations of this seminal moment in South African history: novels, plays, and short stories in English or English translation. The period under consideration encompasses the …
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Nongqawuse's Prophecies Revisited: Centring the Religious Experience
… study examines the role played by traditional Xhosa religious belief and experience in the Xhosa Cattle-Killing Movement of 1856-57. Using a range of primary and secondary historical sources, this study focuses on the period between 1856 and 1857 where many of the amaXhosa slaughtered their …