Jan Paerl, a Khoikhoi in Cape Colonial Society 1761-1851

Erscheinungsjahr 2005
ISBN: 978-90-04-15093-5
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 1, 214 Seiten, Gewicht: 572 g

Reihe: TANAP Monographs on the History of Asian-European Interaction

Jan Paerl (1761-1851) was the initiator of what is arguably the first millenarian movement in colonial South Africa. In this biography of the Khoikhoi Jan Paerl light is being shed on this new form of resistance against colonial domination in Cape society. As the prophet, Onsen Liewen Heer, Paerl initiated a quasi-millenarian movement by persuading believers to reassert their Khoikhoi identity and reclaim the “land of their forefathers”.
This study discusses Paerl’s post-prophetic activities, his trial and incarceration, the clash with his colonial master, his appropriation of mission Christianity and his last years as a Moravian Christian.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Viljoen, Russel

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Afrikanische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Interessengruppen, Lobbyismus und Protestbewegungen
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Biographien & Autobiographien: Historisch, Politisch, Militärisch

Über Autor(innen)

Russel S. Viljoen, obtained his MA in History at the University of the Western Cape (UWC) in 1993, and received his doctorate in History at Leiden University in 2003. He is a Senior Lecturer in History at the University of South Africa in Pretoria. He specializes in Khoikhoi studies and 18th-century South-African history.