dc.contributor.author | Simelane, Hamilton Sipho | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-11-06T08:02:08Z | |
dc.date.available | 2015-11-06T08:02:08Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2015 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Simelane, H.S. 2015. The colonial experience, indigenous leaders and the capitalization of the Swazi monarchy. New Contree : A journal of Historical and Human Sciences for Southern Africa. 72:21-24, Jul. [http://dspace.nwu.ac.za/handle/10394/4969] | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0379-9867 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10394/14985 | |
dc.description.abstract | Historians and other researchers have analysed different aspects of Swazi
historical affairs. One of the themes that has attracted academic attention
is that of continuity and change, especially under the impact of colonialism.
In spite of this attention, the institution of monarchy has been scantily
investigated in terms of the extent to which it was transformed through
the adoption of colonial economic values. In those instances where the
monarchy has been investigated along the continuum of change, debatable
conclusions have been drawn. This article reveals how the Swazi monarchy
was transformed as a result of adopting the economic values of capitalism that
came with capitalism. The article shows how the institution of monarchy was
capitalized at the expense of the majority of the citizens. The article shows that
as a result of this capitalization the monarchy lost the values it possessed before
colonialism, and understood by the indigenous population. The analysis
of the institution of monarchy in Swaziland is historically very important
because it offers an explanatory tool for the existence of economic inequalities
in Swaziland, and failure to achieve meaningful economic development. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University | en_US |
dc.subject | Colonial | en_US |
dc.subject | Indigenous leaders | en_US |
dc.subject | Africa | en_US |
dc.subject | South Africa | en_US |
dc.subject | Monarchy | en_US |
dc.title | The colonial experience, indigenous leaders and the capitalization of the Swazi monarchy | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |