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1.2.4 Explain why Source B could be considered both reliable as well as limited by a historian. 1.2.5 Compare Sources 1A and 1B. Explain how these sources highlight Shaka in history.

1.2.4 Explain why Source B could be considered both reliable as well as limited by a historian. 1.2.5 Compare Sources 1A and 1B. Explain how these sources highlight Shaka in history.

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1.2.4 Explain why Source B could be considered both reliable as well as limited by a historian.

1.2.5 Compare Sources 1A and 1B. Explain how these sources highlight Shaka in history.

SOURCE 1A: This source explains the different interpretations about the start of the Mfecane. Earlier historical explanations of change emphasised the military talents of ambitious rulers like Dingiswayo, Sobhuza, Zwide and Shaka. Within this perspective Shaka, the leader of a small chiefdom under the Mthethwa, rose to prominence through fighting and diplomacy; he is seen as the cause of the Mfecane. This version of events claims that, between 1818 and 1828, Shaka conquered most of present day Kwazulu-Natal. He is credited with defeating the Ndwandwe and driving them north to the Pongola river. After this, Shaka began to conquer and incorporate most of the Nguni people between the Thukela river and Delagoa Bay. Between 1818 and 1828, shaka bolt a powerful, centralized and militaristic Kingdom. Some historians believe that the emergence of the Zulu state did not start the process of the political transformation known as the Mfecane, but was itself a product of a chain of events which had started earlier. It is these earlier processes that have given rise to states such as the Ndwandwe and the Mthethwa... These historians say that the role of the Zulu state in the Mfecane has been exaggerated. [From: Oxford In search of History grade 10, 113.] Source 1b This source is an Oral history Source. The story focuses on Shaka and was told by Madikane kaMlomowetole. Shaka was a very good actor and could sing and dance well. Shaka sang a song about Lubedu (a visiting chief Shaka wanted to show tribute too). This song was performed the next day by Shaka. Lubedu laughed at him. "So, the little, fat frog laughs at me! Take him away!" Shaka said. Lubedu was killed by Shaka's men because he laughed. It was later discovered that he laughed because he enjoyed the show, and not because he found it funny. [From: Oral History Source: Madikane kaMlomowetole.]
Transcribed Image Text:SOURCE 1A: This source explains the different interpretations about the start of the Mfecane. Earlier historical explanations of change emphasised the military talents of ambitious rulers like Dingiswayo, Sobhuza, Zwide and Shaka. Within this perspective Shaka, the leader of a small chiefdom under the Mthethwa, rose to prominence through fighting and diplomacy; he is seen as the cause of the Mfecane. This version of events claims that, between 1818 and 1828, Shaka conquered most of present day Kwazulu-Natal. He is credited with defeating the Ndwandwe and driving them north to the Pongola river. After this, Shaka began to conquer and incorporate most of the Nguni people between the Thukela river and Delagoa Bay. Between 1818 and 1828, shaka bolt a powerful, centralized and militaristic Kingdom. Some historians believe that the emergence of the Zulu state did not start the process of the political transformation known as the Mfecane, but was itself a product of a chain of events which had started earlier. It is these earlier processes that have given rise to states such as the Ndwandwe and the Mthethwa... These historians say that the role of the Zulu state in the Mfecane has been exaggerated. [From: Oxford In search of History grade 10, 113.] Source 1b This source is an Oral history Source. The story focuses on Shaka and was told by Madikane kaMlomowetole. Shaka was a very good actor and could sing and dance well. Shaka sang a song about Lubedu (a visiting chief Shaka wanted to show tribute too). This song was performed the next day by Shaka. Lubedu laughed at him. "So, the little, fat frog laughs at me! Take him away!" Shaka said. Lubedu was killed by Shaka's men because he laughed. It was later discovered that he laughed because he enjoyed the show, and not because he found it funny. [From: Oral History Source: Madikane kaMlomowetole.]
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