Johnson, David
(2009).
Remembering the Khoikhoi victory over Dom Francisco Almeida at the Cape in 1510.
Postcolonial Studies, 12(1),
pp. 107–130.
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Abstract
The general issue of how key moments of anti-colonial struggle are remembered in different colonial and postcolonial contexts is considered in relation to the specific case of the Khoikhoi victory over Viceroy Francisco Almeida in Table Bay on 1 March 1510. The contrasting literary and historical versions of the Khoikhoi victory are examined in three contexts: first, in the sixteenth-century Portuguese writings of the poet Luis Vaz de Camoes and the chroniclers Joao de Barros, Fernao Lopez de Castanheda, Damiao de Gois and Gaspar Correa; secondly, in the writings of British intellectuals of the period 1770-1830, including Robert Southey, William Julius Mickle and William Robertson; and thirdly, in the writings of nineteenth- and twentieth-century Southern Africans, including historian George McCall Theal, novelist Andre Brink and South African president Thabo Mbeki. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
| Item Type: |
Journal Article
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| Copyright Holders: |
2009 The Institute of Postcolonial Studies |
| ISSN: |
1368-8790 |
| Keywords: |
imperial & colonial history; post-colonial studies; postcolonialism; social & cultural anthropology |
| Academic Unit/Department: |
Arts > English |
| Item ID: |
16219 |
| Depositing User: |
David Johnson
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| Date Deposited: |
11 May 2009 09:09 |
| Last Modified: |
14 Nov 2012 12:30 |
| URI: |
http://oro.open.ac.uk/id/eprint/16219 |
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