A New Zulu Kingdom : Ethnicity, State-Building, and the Making of Grand Apartheid.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Parcells, Ashley.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (235 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Bloomsbury Academic & Professional, 2026.

Summary:

This book presents a social and political history of KwaZulu-an ethnically defined self-governing bantustan for Zulu people under apartheid.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Contents

Acknowledgments

List of Figures

Introduction

Building Bantustan States

Beyond Ethnogenesis: Histories of Ethnic Classification and Citizenship

Locating Bantustan Histories: A Note on Sources and Methods

Book Organization

Chapter 1: "We want these old books to be referred to": Rural Development, Royal History, and the Struggle for Authority in Early Apartheid Zululand

Territory and Authority in Nongoma

Soil Reclamation and Nongoma's Chiefs: Early Cooperation

Political Struggle and Plans Delayed

"Land of Cetshwayo's Children"

Conclusion

Chapter 2: Zibuse (Rule Yourself) as a Nation?: The Politics of Paramount Chieftaincy and Bantu Authorities

National Politics and Apartheid Ideology to 1955

The Zulu Paramountcy and the Future of Bantu Authorities in Nongoma

The Making of Political Partnership

The Ambiguity of Authority

Chapter 3: Zulus or Zulu Speakers?: History, Ethnicity, and the Boundaries of a "Zulustan"

Zulus or Zulu Speakers: Apartheid Ethnology and the Question of Zulu Identity

Bantu Authorities and the Limits of Royal Power

Expansive Zuluness: A Single Bantustan

Chapter 4: "Between Westministers and Royalists" : Authoritarianism, Nationalism, and Conspiracy in Buthelezi's KwaZulu

Defining Authority in the Future Bantustan

The Consolidation of Power and the Marginalization of the Monarchy

Political Parties, the Rise of Inkatha, and the Death of Dissent

Chapter 5: "We are regarded as Xhosas when we are Zulus": Land, Ethnicity, and the Politics of "Bantustan Citizenship"

National Policy in Crisis

Precarity and Petitions: Living and Surviving as Bantustan Citizens.

Secession and Border Adjustments: Bhaca and Hlubi Communities in KwaZulu and Transkei

"We belong to KwaZulu and our customs are Zulu": Transkei's Umzimkhulu District

Hlubi Secessionist Aspirations in KwaZulu

Chapter 6: "Our language and customs are Swazi, but we are Zulu" : Chieftaincy, Ethnicity, and Sovereignty in Ingwavuma

Ethnicity and Boundaries in Southeast Africa

Succession in the Borderlands

The Rise and Stall of the Ingwavuma Land Transfer

Crisis and Commissions: A Retreat to the Politics of "Official Discourse"

Epilogue: From Inkatha to the Ingonyama Trust: The Politics of Zuluness in South Africa's Transition

Zulu Nationalism and the Threat of the Anti-Apartheid Movement

Federalism, Identity, and the Struggle for a New South Africa, 1990-3

Land, Identity, and the Ingonyama Trust

Notes

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Epilogue

Bibliography

Archives

Alan Paton Center and Struggle Archive

Killie Campbell African Library, Durban

National Archives of South Africa (NAR)

Ulundi Archives Repository (UAR)

Pietermaritzburg Archives Repository (PAR)

Primary Sources

Secondary Sources

Index.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Other Format:

Print version: Parcells, Ashley A New Zulu Kingdom

ISBN:

9798216371328

9798216371335

OCLC:

1607917388