{"product_id":"the-house-of-phalo-history-of-the-xhosa-people-in-the-days-of-their-independence-by-jeff-b-peires","title":"The House of Phalo: History of the Xhosa People in the Days of Their Independence by Jeff B. Peires","description":"\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9781868421596\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher ‏ : ‎ Jonathan Ball Publishers; New Ed edition (October 31, 2003)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback ‏ : ‎ 278 pages\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this, the first modern history of the Xhosa, J B Peires relates the story of one of the most numerous and important indigenous peoples in contemporary South Africa, from their consolidation, through an era of co-operation and conflict with whites (whom the Xhosa regarded as uncivilized) to the frontier wars that eventuated in their present position as a subordinate group in the modern South African state. Incorporating their own oral and written testimony into a modern historical and ethnographic framework, the author examines the response of the Xhosa to the successive challenges of contact with whites; the adaptation of Xhosa cosmology to Christianity; the increasing dependence of the Xhosa on military technology in defense of their lands.\u003cbr\u003eThe House of Phalo takes its place in a growing body of literature that measures the impact of white rule on African peoples in South Africa.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"I H Pentz Booksellers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46638811021474,"sku":null,"price":750.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0364\/4047\/3732\/files\/download_9b6b9f30-e980-4cf2-a75d-b1872ee4cbac.jpg?v=1772613854","url":"https:\/\/pentzbooks.co.za\/products\/the-house-of-phalo-history-of-the-xhosa-people-in-the-days-of-their-independence-by-jeff-b-peires","provider":"I H Pentz Booksellers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}