Frontiers- The Epic of South Africa's Creation and the Tragedy of the Xhosa People by Noel Mostert

FRONTIERS

The Epic of South Africa's Creation and the Tragedy of the Xhosa People

by Noel Mostert

Pimlico 89

The story of the 9 'Kaffir' wars, fought in the 18th & 19th centuries between the whites and Xhosas, forms the heart of this astonishing book. The principal events took place in a comparatively small area of land around the coast, eastwards from the Cape, on territory demarcated by the Great Fish and Great Kai Rivers. It was here that the crucial frontier was variously to be found - the volatile border where colonial expansion met local intransigence and brutal warfare proved the only solution to the impasse.

Noel Mostert vividly recounts this momentous story and its appalling aftermath - self-immolation of the Xhosa. His starting point is the arrival of the first visitors to the Cape, the Portuguese, in 1492. In an epilogue he observes that the end of the was did not mean the end of the agony, but rather a legacy of pain and anger that to this day shapes South African society.

Noel Mostert was born and brought up in Cape Town.

He worked as a journalist and is the author of Supership and many other books.

He now lives in Tangier.

This softcover book was printed in 1993 and includes modern history too.

About 15cm x 23cm.

There are 1355 pages - including index,notes, epilogues etc.

In very good condition.

No tears etc.

This item will cost R40,00 to post in S.A.