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Telling Stories, Changing History:
The Xhosa Cattle-Killing in Post-Apartheid South Africa

Quarterly Bulletin of the National Library of South Africa :: Vol. 61, No. 3 (2007)

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     This article surveys the ways in which the history of the Xhosa Cattle-Killing has been recorded, told, interpreted, written, visualized, and distorted since South Africa's transition to democracy. This reveals how an important moment in South African history has been culturally encoded, and it offers a glimpse into contemporary South Africa, and how the nation comes to grips with a challenging history, one that continually changes.













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