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Episode 25 – The Xhosa social system and the TrekBoer Economy is born
This is episode 25 and we’re following the early history of the Xhosa. They were about to come into direct contact with the Dutch expanding from the …
4 years, 9 months ago
Episode 24 – The foundation of the Xhosa Kingdom, Tshawe, Phalo, Gcaleka and Rharhabe.
This is episode 24, the Foundation of the Xhosa Kingdom, the heroes Tshawe and Phalo.
I’ve made use of a number of books and documents in the serie…
4 years, 9 months ago
Episode 23 – A trip through ancient Xhosaland
This is episode 23 and its time to shift our attention away from the Dutch in the Cape to the amaXhosa.
At the turn of the 18th Century there were …
4 years, 9 months ago
Episode 22 – Islam at the Cape, Adam Tas vs the Governor and a radical new land policy
This is episode 22 and we’re dealing with a number of things. First is the arrival in the Cape of an influential Muslim Cleric called Sheik Yusufs al…
4 years, 9 months ago
Episode 21 – The Nguni move west, maize arrives and smallpox eviscerates the Cape
This is episode 21 and we’re probing the growth of Nguni societies – as well as the terrible smallpox epidemic of 1713.
First a note about historic…
4 years, 10 months ago
Episode 20 – The breakdown of Khoekhoe society in the Cape, corruption and miscegenation
This is episode 20 and the expansion of settlers from the Cape is gaining pace.
At the same time, the Xhosa to the north are experiencing political…
4 years, 10 months ago
Episode 19 – The French Huguenots arrive in 1688 while to the north the Xhosa deal with shipwrecked European sailors
This is episode 19 and we’re looking at the years between 1679 and 1700 and developments in both the Cape and the interior of the sub-continent.
La…
4 years, 10 months ago
Episode 18 – Early days of coloured single-parent Simon van der Stel and the first Venda miners appear
This is episode 18 and we’re focusing on the 1670s through to the 1680s where a whole lot was going on in the south of Africa.
Let me first start w…
4 years, 10 months ago
Episode 17 – The second Khoe-Dutch war of 1673-1677 and the Cape begins to develop a cosmopolitan nature
This is episode 17 and we’re dealing with the second Khoe-Dutch war of 1673 which dealt the Peninsular tribe known as the Cochoqua a terminal blow.
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4 years, 10 months ago
Episode 16 – Krotoa aka Eva and the Khoekhoe disputes of the 1660s
This is episode 16 and its about de Kaap and the Peninsular in the 1660s.
As we’ve heard, the trading with the Khoe at the Cape is not going as well…
4 years, 11 months ago