Colonial discourse and the jesus-fication of king chaka: how thomas mofolo's chaka turned the zulu monarch into a messiah
Auteur :
Mengara, Daniel M.
Éditeur :
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN :
9781793650955
Date de publication :
30 août 2024
Dimensions :
23,6 x 15,9 x 2,2 cm
Poids :
499 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
This book offers a re-reading of Chaka to show that Mofolo astutely deconstructs, and then reconstructs, King Chaka into a messianic figure whose life trajectory and destiny mirrors that of Jesus Christ in the Bible’s New Testament in order to subvert the colonial ethos of the time.