THE BULHOEK MASSACRE: ORIGINS, CASUALTIES, REACTIONS AND HISTORICAL DISTORTIONS

dc.creator	D.H. Makobe
dc.date	2012-02-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T20:09:30Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T20:09:30Z
dc.identifier	10.5787/26-1-237
dc.identifier	2224-0020
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/3bdcbed51f6c47fe9c27a879cb1e067a
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/9043
dc.identifier.uri	https://doaj.org/article/3bdcbed51f6c47fe9c27a879cb1e067a
dc.description	<p>The Bulhoek massacre remains a standard feature in accounts of South African history. Historians who wrote on the incident before the birth of the Popular or Peoples history movement and evidence submitted to Sir Thomas Graham, the presiding judge at the trial of the Israelites, made it clear beyond all doubt that the Israelites were religious fanatics who were driven by their fanaticism and blind faith in Enoch Mgijima's words to attack the Police. In the 1980s, with the birth of the Popular history movement, the massacre was reinterpreted by social historians, especially those associated with the University of Witwatersrand (Wits) History Workshop to fit into the perspective of the Popular history approach. The Israelites were seen as political heroes who stood against an oppressive system. The two different approaches to the massacre leads to the historical distortions of the event.</p>
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	University of Stellenbosch. Faculty of Military Science (Military Academy)
dc.relation	http://scientiamilitaria.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/237
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/2224-0020
dc.source	Scientia Militaria : South African Journal of Military Studies, Vol 26, Iss 1 (2012)
dc.subject	Bulhoek massacre
dc.subject	accounts of South African history
dc.subject	the Popular or Peoples history movement
dc.subject	Enoch Mgijima
dc.subject	Sir Thomas Graham
dc.subject	University of Witwatersrand (Wits) History Workshop
dc.subject	Israelites
dc.subject	political heroes
dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Military Science
dc.subject	DOAJ:Technology and Engineering
dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.title	THE BULHOEK MASSACRE: ORIGINS, CASUALTIES, REACTIONS AND HISTORICAL DISTORTIONS
dc.type	Article