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    Causes of the Mfecane

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    Topic – Discuss the causes of the Mfecane‚ taking into consideration the variety of historiography on this event. Although no one can pinpoint exactly what caused the Mfecane‚ most believe the causes emerged at the end of the eighteenth and the start of the nineteenth centuries. Based on the historiography covering this event‚ historians believed many elements caused the Mfecane. Originally‚ everyone believed it was exclusively due to the rise and expansion of the Zulu nation under the rule of

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    THE CAUSES OF THE MFECANE AND WHY IT SPREAD SO FAR The Mfecane refers to a period of time in Southern Africa where there was political transformation and population migration during the 1820s and 1830s. The word Mfecane is a Zulu word meaning "crushing" or "scattering"‚which was exactly what happened during the Mfecane. There are various reasons about what led to the Mfecane‚such as environmental factors‚lack of food and certain chiefdoms expanding and extending their power‚some of these reasons

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    The Mfecane

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    PRE COLONIAL AFRICAN STATES SOUTHERN (1800-1900) THE MFECANE This is a Nguni term which for forced migrations of various Nguni speaking communities. This took place in the South Eastern part of South Africa in the period between 1810-1860. The Nguni speaking communities include the following: Xhosa‚ Swazi‚ Zulu‚ and Ndebele etc. Many historians have found it difficult to explain the causes of these migrants however population and land pressure amongst these groups living between Drakensbura

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    Mfecane Debates

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    Julian Cobbing against ‘The mfecane’ Has the mfecane a future? In recent times historians known as “Africanists” revived the topic of the mfecane in the early 1960s and it was well exploited and was also used to justify certain aspects of Apatheid. The word ‘mfecane’ is a characterised product of the South African liberal history that is used by the Apartheid regime state to legitimate South Africa’s racially and unequal land division. In the 1970s the mfecane has become the most widely used terms

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    Issue Analysis: The impact of the Mfecane on the Cape Colony E.K. Mashingaidze’s article‚ "The impact of the Mfecane on the Cape Colony‚" dealt with the impact that the movement had on the lives of those included in the movement. These individuals were the Nguni- speaking and Sotho- speaking people of Southern Africa. The article points out how this movement brought upon major changes to the way these groups lived and the outcomes in the end. Mashingaidze discusses how black- white relations between

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    Varying Views Towards The ‘Mfecane’ | | Aidan Bizony | 05-Aug-13 | | Essay Topic IV: The Varying Views Towards The ‘Mfecane’ During the course of this essay‚ I will be comparing the views of Professors Carolyn Hamilton and Julian Cobbing. I have just two very simple reasons for choosing these historians: they have both achieved high accolades in their various fields and the fact that Hamilton and Cobbing don’t exactly see eye-to-eye on the history of the Mfecane makes a somewhat entertaining

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    relevant is the study of the Mfecane to South African History and our contemporary (present) society?” What are the different theories on the Mfecane and how have these changed over time. (See your textbook references and the Jeff Guy lectures) You can also look at Giliomee and Mbenga pages 124-127 and 139 particularly (a copy is available in the classroom – BUT I WILL HAVE PHOTOCOPIES MADE IF YOU REQUEST THEM). Look at some of the older interpretations of the Mfecane – and compare these with more

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    cause and

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    CHILD AND YOUTH DEVELOPMENT – SIBOL PROGRAM (CYD – SIBOL) GK SIBOL Program The GK SIBOL Program is a pre-school program that caters to children ages 3-6 years. It provides quality value-based education that aims to develop children academically‚ socio-culturally‚ and spiritually. STAGE 0: PREPARATORY GOAL: Formation of the SIBOL Team INDICATOR: Has the teacher completed his/her start-up training? OUTPUT: Enrolment plan OUTCOME: KB is aware of the presence of SIBOL

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    wars together‚ such as the French and Indian war of 1754 which ended up in total victory. But as time passes‚ things began to change in this relationship of theirs. These changes led to a need of the American Revolution. Even though there are many causes‚ three that I will be discussing about that caused the American Revolution is the Stamp Act‚ Boston Tea Party‚ and the Intolerable Act. The enforcement of Stamp Act was a huge movement towards the American Revolution. After the French and Indian

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    which is experiencing of excesses of thought‚ emotion‚ and behavior. The second is negative symptom which feels of deficits of thought‚ emotion‚ and behavior. The third is psychomotor symptoms is patient have unusual movements or gestures. Reasons cause schizophrenia are varies. For genetic factors perspective‚ people who have schizophrenia may have their relatives have this too. Also twins with this disorder are genetic link between their families. From

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