The archaeological record undergoes a dramatic shift in appearance whenever indigenous
peoples encounter incoming populations—whether in the form of economy, politics, or …

Cattle raiding is iconic of the colonial frontier in Southern African history and historiography.
Incorporating settlers and Africans as aggressors and victims alike, archives and …

This article offers an archaeological perspective on the Wittebergen Native Reserve, not
through excavated remains, but by exploring how historical perceptions of a landscape …

Since Europeans first attempted to settle the region of the Tarka river valley in today's
Eastern Cape, South Africa, during the late eighteenth century they were opposed by …

This essay traces how the transoceanic traffics of early blackface minstrelsy forged
entanglements among the early blackface figure" Jim Crow," the US American racial …

Dr John Philip towered over nineteenth-century South African history, championing the
rights of indigenous people against the growing power of white supremacy, but today he is …

Abstract As Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner Michael
Dodson stated in his 1994 Wentworth lecture,'[s] ince first contact with the colonisers of this …

In rural South Africa today, there are signs that chieftaincies are resurging after having been
disbanded in colonial times. Among these is the amaTshatshu of the Eastern Cape, which …

Recent discussions on colonialism and coloniality in academic and community contexts
have not been fully informed, only understanding the past from a present-day context. This …

In Kingdom Come, Tshepo Masango Chéry charts a new genealogy of early twentieth-
century Black Christian activists who challenged racism in South Africa before the …