The Dead Will Arise: Nongqawuse and the Great Xhosa Cattle-Killing Movement of 1856-7

by Jeffrey Brian Peires and J.B. Peires

Book Overview

"Anyone who thinks that South Africa's problems began with the Afrikaners and apartheid should read this book." --Richard Dowden, The Independent

" . . . should remain the last word for the foreseeable future." --Choice

"Peires is the premier historian of the Xhosa people. He speaks the language, knows the terrain, has collected oral traditions and has made an exhaustive study of the documented sources. The result is a fascinating...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253205247
• ISBN13: 9780253205247
• Release Date: September 1989
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"