Restless Identities: Signatures of Nationalism, Zulu Ethnicity, and History in the Lives of Petros Lamula (c. 1881-1948) and Lymon Maling (1889-c. 1936)"In Restless Identities the prism of biography is used to capture the complex social identities of its subjects without reducing them to ciphers of larger historical transformations. But this book is not a conventional biography nor is it simply about the recovery of two forgotten nationalists. It draws us directly into the little-understood world of Zulu cultural nationalism and explores the contested process of re-imagining the Zulu nation. Lamula and Maling's hitherto lost biographies dramatise the limits of our understanding of those intellectually heterodox, socially marginal and culturally innovative individuals whose imagination and opportunism were vital to the history of African nationalism in South Africa, but whose stories have yet to be told."--BOOK JACKET. |
Contents
Portrait of the Revd Petros Lamula from the frontispiece | 1 |
the Politics | 9 |
Petros Lamula c 18811948 | 33 |
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Common terms and phrases
activities African amongst appeared Association attempts August authority became began branch career cattle chiefs Christian church claims clerk collective Commission correspondence cultural district Dube Durban early economic educated élite emerged established ethnic evidence example fact farms February figure Gumede Hausse IASR ideas identity Ilanga lase Natal important included individuals Inkatha intellectuals interview January July June kholwa king labour Lamula land later leaders letter living Magistrate Maling Maling's March Marks meeting Minister mission Natal Native Congress nationalist Native Affairs nature Nongoma northern Norwegian October official organisation origins past period Petros Pietermaritzburg political popular powerful regional remained Report representative respectable response Revd rural secretary September social society Solomon South Africa suggests tenants tradition Union viewed Vryheid workers Zulu National Zululand
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