Andrew Manson The Valiant Englishman: Christopher Bethell, Montshiwa`s Barolong and the Bechuanaland Wars, 1878-1886 9781776151035

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Автор: Andrew Manson
Название: The Valiant Englishman: Christopher Bethell, Montshiwa`s Barolong and the Bechuanaland Wars, 1878-1886
ISBN: 9781776151035
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
Классификация:

Биографии исторических, политических и военных деятелей

История Африки

ISBN-10: 1776151038
Обложка/Формат: Paperback
Страницы: 100
Вес: 0.49 кг.
Дата издания: 30.12.2023
Язык: English
Размер: H 2340 X W 1560
Ключевые слова: African history,Biography: historical, political & military
Подзаголовок: Christopher bethell, montshiwa`s barolong and the bechuanaland wars, 1878-1886
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Поставляется из: Англии
Описание: This book follows the career of an English aristocrat, Christopher Bethell, who arrived in Southern Africa in 1878 as the classic remittance man, despatched to the colonies to avoid a scandal at home. Bethell, an intelligence officer and later, a border agent, facilitated the acquisition of arms for Montshiwas Ratshidi-Barolong to resist the depredations of freebooters, mercenaries based mostly in the Transvaal. In his alliance with Kgosi Montshiwa Tawana, Bethell identified with Kgosi Montshiwas struggle to maintain political independence and economic security. The alliance was further cemented by Bethells marriage to a Morolong woman, Tepo Boapile – an unusual occurrence in nineteenth century Southern Africa. Surrounded by aggressive freebooters from across their eastern border with the Transvaal and the ambiguous forces of colonial advancement from the Cape colony and Britain, Montshiwa and Bethell formed an unlikely but enduring relationship aimed at safeguarding Rolong interests.

As the Bechuanaland Wars of the early to mid-1880s intensified in brutality, Montshiwa and his Chief of Staff, Christopher Bethell, were forced into desperate measures to defend the Rolong and avoid outright dispossession. Bethells demise was the trigger for firm British imperial intervention, the securing of the Road to the North, and events that determined the fate of Africans in South and Central Africa.

This book is a reminder that, in the authors words, past relations between South Africas different races were characterised as much by collusion and collaboration as they were by hostility, friction and dissent.

The Valiant Englishman: Christopher Bethell, Montshiwa`s Barolong and the Bechuanaland Wars, 1878-1886, Andrew Manson