HIST 3410 Lecture Notes - Mfecane, Colonisation Of Africa, Dingiswayo
1 Dec 2013
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Hist 3410 pre colonial africa november 11, 2013. Period of widespread chaos and warfare among indigenous ethnic communities in southern africa (about 1815- 1840) Mfecane a nugni term meaning time of the crushing (lificane or dificane in. When the social and political geography of southern africa was changed fundamentally in the 19th century by the mfecane. Characterized by warfare, banditry and depopulation and their ripple effects throughout the region: jihad , banditry: not warfare because criminalities are involved, depopulation: effect to banditry and warfare. Some characterize is positively and some negatively. Significant political and social transformations; migrations, and overall, positive revolutionary changes that reshaped society. Concentration and centralization of power in the hands of the chief. Militarization of nguni age set : better to stress that the age set into which the nugni and bantu societies were organized for the purposes of socialization and transformation of culture were transformed into a standing army .
