Biography
The focus of my research is the KwaZulu-Natal region (KZN) of South Africa and its surrounds, c. 1840-1870. I am examining the Zulu kingdom during the reign of king Mpande kaSenzangakhona and aim to analyze the complex interplay of social and political factors – both within the Zulu kingdom and exerted externally by Dutch and British settlers – that shaped it. I hold an MA degree in history which I obtained at the University of Cape Town (UCT). My dissertation unpacked the historiographical
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