Description:
Originally planned as a fact-based book on the pre-colonial history of the Eastern Cape in the true tradition of history, this ground-breaking book focuses on epistemological and foundational questions about the writing of history.
Brief description: Lungisile Ntsebeza (email lungisile.ntsebeza@uct.ac.za and lntsebeza@gmail.com) is Professor of Sociology and African Studies at the University of Cape Town. He also holds two Research Chairs: the NRF Research Chair in Land Reform and Democracy in South Africa: State and Civil Society Dynamics, as well as the AC Jordan Chair in African Studies, both located in the Centre for African Studies at UCT. He has conducted extensive published research on the land question in South Africa around themes such as land rights, democratisation in rural areas under the jurisdiction of traditional authorities and social movements in the land sector. He is currently working on the intellectual and political legacy of the world-renowned engaged scholar, Archie Mafeje.