Luka Jantjie: Resistance Hero of the South African Frontier

by Kevin Shillington

Book Overview

Luka Jantjie is today a largely forgotten hero of resistance to British colonialism. His place in South African history has tended to be overshadowed by events elsewhere in the region. This book attempts to redress the balance by recording his remarkable story. In 1870, at the beginning of the Kimberley diamond mining boom that was to transform southern Africa, Luka Jantjie was the first independent African ruler to lose his land to the new colonialists,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0230338534
• ISBN13: 9780230338531
• Release Date: September 2011
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 308 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.5" x 9.2"