The royal women of the Zulu monarchy - through the keyhole of oral history : Princess Mkabayi Kajama (c.1750 - c.1843)

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dc.contributor.authorMaxwell Z., Shamase
dc.date.accessioned2020-01-20T12:10:49Z
dc.date.available2020-01-20T12:10:49Z
dc.date.issued2014-01
dc.descriptionPeer reviewed article published under Inkanyiso, Volume 6, Issue 1, Jan 2014, p. 15- 22en_US
dc.description.abstractSince the beginning of time, women have had a great share in shaping history by different means during different epochs. Historians, following typical chauvinistic tendencies, wrote about women in a manner that considered them as inferior citizens whose existence was limited to the confines of homes and the care of children. Despite this, Africa in general and South Africa in particular, are replete with examples of female dynasties, regents and rulers who took up positions of leadership through periods of nation-building and wars of resistance. Zulu culture is fraught with women, the most important of whom were princess Mkabayi Kajama; Queen Nandi, the mother of Emperor Shaka and also Queen Monase who contributed in shaping the Zulu monarchy behind the scenes to what it became in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the contribution of Princess Mkabayi KaJama to the Zulu monarchy. Historical and archival sources about the Zulu royal women provided information for this study. It was largely through the keyhole of oral history or indigenous knowledge that one could comprehend what their thinking, character traits and contributions were. Unravelling the important role played by Mkabayi in the Zulu monarchy and nation is assumed to the major contribution of this paper.en_US
dc.identifier.citationShamase, M.Z., 2014. The royal women of the Zulu monarchy–through the keyhole of oral history: Princess Mkabayi Kajama (c. 1750–c. 1843). Inkanyiso: Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, 6(1), pp.15-22.en_US
dc.identifier.issn2077-2815
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10530/1911
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Zululanden_US
dc.subjectPrincess Mkabayi KaJamaen_US
dc.subjectZulu monarchy,en_US
dc.subjectroyal womenen_US
dc.titleThe royal women of the Zulu monarchy - through the keyhole of oral history : Princess Mkabayi Kajama (c.1750 - c.1843)en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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