For most African societies in South Africa, the hallmarks of the nineteenth century were difficulty, conflict, dislocation, reorganisation and finally subjugation. The appearance of the Griqua north ...
The funeral of Zambia's King Mphezeni IV brought together descendants of warriors whose ancestors fought in the Mfecane wars ...
In the heart of a Cape cheesewood tree that had fallen among the stone walling of a forgotten civilisation is the story of one of the worst catastrophes ever to hit South Africa. This disaster ...
Zimbabweans in SA are living in a perilous state of uncertainty as the Zimbabwe Exemption Permit (ZEP) system is due to come to an end in June 2023. There are reports of Zimbabweans, living and paying ...
The first ever Lifaqane-Mfecane Music Festival took place in Maseru, Lesotho on Saturday the 2 nd of May 2015. Organized by Ancestral Collective, a new nonprofit organization developed and structured ...
In his controversial analyses of African affairs, former president Olusegun Obasanjo often puts on scholarly airs on account of his experience in government. He had supervised an activist foreign ...
Hundreds of thousands of people - possibly even a million or more - across southern Africa died from starvation and war during the 'crushing', the Difaqane or Mfecane, of 1816-17. One of the main ...