Resource Details
Author / Producer
Eldredge, Elizabeth
Title
Sources of Conflict in Southern Africa, ca 1800-1830 - The 'Mfecane' Reconsidered
Description
[Source - Henry Fagan for FHYA, 2021: A paper by Elizabeth Eldredge submitted for the Mfecane Aftermath conference held at University of the Witwatersrand in September in 1991. The paper argues that Julian Cobbing's assertions of slavery stemming from Delagoa Bay are inadequate, but that he was correct to recognise slaving across the Cape Colony Frontier as a significant factor in the unrest in Eastern Cape region. Eldredge further argued that Jeff Guy's ecological argument was misleading given it examined stock-keeping but not arable land. Eldredge concluded that the Mfecane was caused by an interplay of intensifying economic and ecological factors.]
Custodial History
[Source - Henry Fagan for FHYA, 2021: Written by Elizabeth Eldredge ahead of the Mfecane Aftermath conference in September 1991. Copies were printed and distributed for the conference's attendees, including Jan-Bart Gewald. The paper remained in Gewald's possession after the conference. C. 2014, he donated it along with all of the other Mfecane Aftermath conference papers to Leiden University Library. In 2021, Gewald's deposit of Mfecane Aftermath conference papers was uncovered by Ettore Morelli of FHYA. Following a request by FHYA, the papers were digitised by Leiden University Libraries for use in the FHYA's Spotlight on the Mfecane presentation. Uploaded by Benathi Marufu for FHYA in September 2021.]
File Name
Eldredge_E_Sources_of_Conflict_in_Southern_Africa_ca1800_1830_The_Mfecane_Reconsidered.pdf
Date Created
before September 1991
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2021-10-13 17:04:01
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