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Theophilus Shepstone and the forging of Natal : Africanautonomy and settler colonialism in the making of traditional authority ,Jeff Guy (First ed,Hardcover. OUT OFPRINT NEW)
Theophilus Shepstone is recognised as one of the key figuresin the history of colonial Africa. He is credited with developing some of theessential and widely copied features of colonial administration, includingindirect rule, customary law and segregation.
And yet he is also one of colonialism's most enigmatic personalities: fightingfor and against Africans and colonists, admired by some, hated by others, buthiding his thoughts and his feelings with an intimidating and silent publicpersona.
In this book Jeff Guy uses biography and history to break this silence andexamine the man and his politics as they evolved in the conflicted and violenthistory of colonial Natal. He questions long-established and widely held viewsof Shepstone and his policies, showing that unless he is placed firmly in thecontext of the histories of the Africans with whom he worked, he cannot beunderstood.
