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The author draws on private letters, spy reports, oral traditions and obscure Xhosa texts to explain the motivations behind both the prophesy and the slaughter. The story of Nongqawuse, a young girl whose prophecy in 1856 of the regeneration of the living and the resurrection of the dead caused 100,000 Xhosa to kill their cattle, destroy their cr

The author draws on private letters, spy reports, oral traditions and obscure Xhosa texts to explain the motivations behind both the prophesy and the slaughter. The story of Nongqawuse, a young girl whose prophecy in 1856 of the regeneration of the living and the resurrection of the dead caused 100,000 Xhosa to kill their cattle, destroy their crops and slowly starve to death, is one of the most extraordinary in history, and has defied explanation over 130 years. North America: Indiana U Press; South Africa: Jonathan Ball

In 1856 the Xhosa tribe of South Africa slaughtered all their cattle, cut down their crops and sat back to wait for their ancestors to rise from the dead. It is an especially liberating style and a fine example of the imaginative, thoughtful historian's craft. At weighty moments he breaks the text, offering the impatient mind a quick route to a new section, or with a considered pause to reflect on the wider issues at work in the mid-19th century. In the face of such evil Mr Peires turns to the only identifiable devil - the British and in particular Governor George Grey .The phenomenon defies logic. - Peter Vale in THE WEEKLY MAIL . Peires restores it by combining a magical mystery tour with the elegant baroque of the Victor

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• Title : The Dead Will Arise: Nongqawuse and the Great Xhosa Cattle-Killing Movement of 1856-7
• Author : J.B. Peires
• Rating : 4.77 (364 Vote)
• Publish : 2015-12-4
• Format : Paperback
• Pages : 364 Pages
• Asin : 0852550499
• Language : English