The Historiographical Development of the Concept “mfecane” and ...

works, largely with fictionalised speculations’, 25 is not surprising. Equally,
Stuart’s very similar mfecane ideas were also already present in his early work
on Zulu customs, published in 1903. Neither had written their main texts by
1928, with Bryant’s Olden Times appearing only a year later. Stuart delayed the
publication of the Fynn papers in order to concentrate on his collection of oral
traditions and published neither during his lifetime. The purpose of this oral
archive was to provide government with a better understanding of how to
govern Africans. He bequeathed this archive to later historians as a valuable
source which needs to be understood as a political document requiring careful
unpacking. 26 Stuart’s collaboration in the production of three novels by his friend
Haggard demonstrates that he was not averse to mixing fact with fiction. This
collaboration suggests that Stuart was also not loathe to include fictional
materials. 27
25 Quote, Wylie, ‘Bryant's Inexplicable Swarms', 8. See also A.T. Bryant, [‘Sihlobosami’] ‘A
Parting Word About the Zulu’, Roman Legions on Libyan Fields: Or the Story of the Trappist
Missionaries Among the Zulus in Natal (Mariannhill, 1887). Bryant, Zulu-English Dictionary. A.T.
Bryant, 'The Origin of the Zulu', Native Teachers’ Journal, 1 (1919), 9-16. A.T. Bryant, 'The
Man-Eaters of Bantuland and Elsewhere', The South African Quarterly, 5 (March to May 1923),
12-17. A.T. Bryant, 'Some South-Bantu Nation-Builders', The South African Quarterly, 7 (July
1925 to February 1926), 18-22. Articles which appeared in Izindaba Zabantu, 1911-13, were
published in English translation in A.T. Bryant, A History of the Zulu and Neighbouring Tribes
(Cape Town, 1964). A.T. Bryant, The Zulu People: As they Were Before the White Man Came
(Pietermaritzburg, 1949). Bryant, Olden Times. Wright, ‘Bryant and The Wars of Shaka', 12-14.
26 Kros, ‘Interview with Carolyn Hamilton', 201-02.
27 ‘Introduction’, Webb et al. (eds), James Stuart Archive, I, xiii – xix. Leverton, ‘Story of Fynn
Papers', 83. Stuart, Zulu Law and Custom. [J. Stuart], 'Henry Francis Fynn, the First Natalian',
The Men Who Made the Colony Series 11, The Natalian, 26 June 1908. J. Stuart, 'The Zulus',
part of Ch. XIX, Natives and Indians, in A. Tatlow, Natal Province: Descriptive Guide and Official
Hand-Book (Durban, 1911). Stuart, Zulu Rebellion, I, vii. J. Stuart, ‘Tshaka, the Great Zulu
Despot’, United Empire, 15 (1924), 98-107. For Stuart’s Zulu Historical Readers see Footnote
no. 33. Stuart et al. (eds), Diary of H. F. Fynn. Webb et al. (eds), James Stuart Archive.
Cobbing, ‘Tainted Well', 115-154. F.R. Gemme, 'Introduction', in H.R. Haggard, King Solomon's
Mines ([originally London, 1885], reprinted, New York, 1967), 7. The three novels were H.R.
Haggard, Marie (London, 1912), H.R. Haggard, Child of Storm (London, 1913) and H.R.
Haggard, Finished (London, 1917). Haggard’s only Zulu histories were, Haggard, Cetshwayo
and H.R. Haggard, Remarks on Recent Events in Zululand, Natal and the Transvaal (London,
1900). With regards to Stuart assisting Haggard, Golan stated that ‘this kind of manipulation is
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