In The Finger of God, Robert Edgar reveals how and why the Bulhoek massacre occurred. Edgar asks: Why did Mgijima prophesize that the end of the world was imminent, and why did he summon his followers to Ntabelanga? Why did the South African government regard the Israelite encampment as a threat? Examining this clash between a government and a millenial movement, Edgar considers the Bulhoek massacre both as a signal event in South African history and as an example of similar conflicts worldwide.
Product Details
ISBN-13: 9780813941028
Media Type: Hardcover(revised edition)
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Publication Date: 05-24-2018
Pages: 264
Product Dimensions: 5.90(w) x 9.30(h) x 0.90(d)
Age Range: 18 Years
Series: Reconsiderations in Southern African History
About the Author
Robert R. Edgar, Professor of African Studies at Howard University and Stellenbosch University, South Africa, is the coauthor of African Apocalypse: The Story of Nontetha Nkwenkwe, a Twentieth-Century South African Prophet, among other books.