South Africa: Bicentenary - Makhanda's Attack On Grahamstown

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April 22 marks the bi-centenary of the attack on the British garrison in Grahamstown, led by warrior-prophet, Makhanda, in whose honour the town has now been renamed. The attack was an early phase of the century-long Xhosa struggle to hold onto their lands in the face of colonial encroachment. This article was originally written in Pretoria Local Prison as part of a clandestine collection to mark what the ANC declared the Year of the Spear in 1979, a century after the Zulu defeat of the British at Isandlwana.

This article was first published by New Frame.

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