Jeff Peires: 1 book
The Dead will Arise
Nongqawuse and the great Xhosa cattle killing 1856-7
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2013
The Dead Will Arise tells the story of Nongqawuse, the young Xhosa girl whose prophecy of the resurrection of the dead lured an entire people to death by starvation. The Great Cattle-Killing of 1856-57, which she initiated, is one of the most extraordinary and misunderstood events in South Africa's...
