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Article: Frontiers: The Epic of South Africa's Creation and the Tragedy of the Xhosa People. (book reviews)
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- History Today
- Article date:
- February 1, 1994
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FRONTIERS: THE EPIC OF SOUTH
AFRICA'S CREATION AND THE
TRAGEDY OF THE XHOSA PEOPLE
Noel Mosteft
Jonathan Cape
1355pp. $25
* Noel Mostert has written the book which no recent academic historian of South Africa has attempted. Here is epic, narrative history on the grand scale. It is marvellously well-researched, fluently written, engrossing to read. The author, whilst generously acknowledging his debt to the work of professional historians, is quite clear that his book 'is intended for the general reader and does not offer itself as an academic study'. The 'story' may not be new, but stories have to be told afresh to ...
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Dictionary definition: South Africa
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...South Africa A country occupying most ... social services. History South Africa was occupied by the San ... inland and encountered the Xhosa people, who had a settled ... 1910 to form the Union of South Africa, a self-governing DOMINION ...
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