… and embraced in their writings reconstructions of Shaka that recognises both the ‘… writing;
these revisionist historians are not in any way wanting to portray or present images of Shaka …

… This narrative blamed Shaka’s alleged military atrocities for destabilising the … ’ writing
appears to reflect his personal observations and opinions regarding his interactions with Shaka …

… The conception and writing of this thesis were a journey in which several individuals have
played roles for which I will always be grateful. I wish to thank the following: • I owe much to my …

… of earlier theoreticians and historians of African cinema, … Through this association, metaphors
of African savagery and … them helped to canonize these metaphors of African savagery and …

… it is often necessary either to personify it metaphorically or more effectively, to give it specific
… history alive, a feat which historians seem to fail to achieve. Historians are to a large extent …

… being crucially important to our historiography and the writing of history by black South … a
negative view of King Shaka by saying: ‘I am disturbed by the policies of Shaka; they will bring …

… of their opponents seldom presented Shaka as either wholly … the forms of colonialist and
nationalist historiography, I seek, … be suspended temporarily in Mqhayi's writing to deal with the …

… Against the totalizing closure of the traditional historiography … That is, it re-narrativises the
story of South African writing and … But while in earlier versions the journey metaphor indicates …

… Because both Shaka and Zwide were prototypes who … Stuart's work in relation to writing the
precolonial history of southern … An understanding of historiographical practice... as well as a …

… At the time of writing, almost five years later, Shaka is still in … , many historians have revisited
the historiography of Shaka … have given rise to particular images of Shaka. 18 Although he is …