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| | AAA Newsletter28 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02) |
 | | Mfecane is thought to be a Xhosa term meaning "thecrushing" and "Difaqane is a Sotho-Tswana cognate meaning"the scattering." According to Perry, the Settler Modelis predicated upon three fundamental assumptions: First, the neargenocidal warfare, cattle raiding, starvation, and forced migrationsthat characterized the early nineteenth century were internallygenerated. |
| | Miller states thatOmer-Cooper "drew the term 'Mfecane' from a large body ofearlier historical writing but infused it with new significanceas a time of revolutionary African state building and accordedit major importance as a source of pride and independence of spirit,in the historical consciousness of the African communities wholater came under white rule." (Miller 1997:154). |
| | Miller, Joseph C. 1997 Mfecane, in Encyclopedia of Africa South of the Sahara,John Middleton, Editor in Chief, Vol. |
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