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Episode 28 – The Bushman War of 1739 and the role of French outlaw Estienne Barbier
This is episode 28, the Bushman War of 1739. Last episode we heard about the growing number of clashes reported in the run up to this full-scale war …
4 years, 11 months ago
Episode 27 – The slaughtering in the Sandveld and the causes of the 1739 frontier war
This is episode 27 and we’re dealing with the period in the first half of 1700 – give or take a decade.
Last episode we heard how the TrekBoer econ…
4 years, 11 months ago
Episode 26 – The Boers begin expanding across the Cape frontier
As we heard last episode, the direction of trekker expansion was largely a function of the nature of the terrain, along with the availability of wate…
4 years, 11 months ago
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 …
5 years 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…
5 years 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 …
5 years 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…
5 years 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…
5 years 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…
5 years, 1 month 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…
5 years, 1 month ago