HIST 382 Lecture 5: Lecture 5 - The British Empire, the Xhosa and the Cape Colony in the early 19th Century
21 Jan 2019
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Lecture 5 - the british empire, the xhosa and the cape in the early 19th century. From the 18th century to the end of the 19th century, there would be conflicts between settlers and khoekhoe people. Several kingdoms were growing larger and competing with one another. There is a lot of debate why. One possible argument is because the trade passages may have helped stimulate wealth accumulation - but this is one theory among many. These kingdoms consolidated power and tried to accumulate people and cattle. Shows the limitations of the analysis on south africa. The most important kingdom would be the zulu kingdom. This was the most powerful, regional group. Emergence of new kingdoms involved new military techniques. Militarization of society and people would fight together as a regiment. A number of dutch speaking settlers left the cape colony to find new colonies. Led to the transvaal and orange free state. New powers coalesce into more formally defined areas.
