Sent to kill: The shocking true story behind a forgotten African colonial war: 1 (Lost Stories of Africa) - Tapa blanda

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WHAT COLONIALISM WAS REALLY LIKE

A 19th Century colonial occupation forces a thousand-year-old African kingdom to fight for its survival.

IN A RIVETING TRUE STORY, Sent to kill describes how British settlers sought to take control of the Southern African territory of Quthing (today part of Lesotho), ruled by King Moorosi, leader of the Baphuthi people, in the way they had already done in territories to the south.

It tells, too, how the astute Moorosi was more than a match for his would-be rulers.

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Uncovering the world of African colonialism

WE ALL HAVE DIFFERENT views of African colonialism. To some it was good for the people of the continent, introducing them to the benefits of a more advanced society. To others, it was highly destructive for the African people who suffered as the Europeans exploited them and their country, robbing them of their land, destroying their culture, ousting their rulers, and forcing them to follow their rules at gun point. Some see both good and bad in colonialism, arguing while colonialism might have been destructive, the rule, cultural norms and value of an advanced civilization imposed on the African people was beneficial. Which point of view is right? What was colonialism really like? These questions are addressed in Sent to kill, which tells the true story of a 19th Century war that is a case study in African colonialism. Sent to kill takes you on a journey to a time when African colonialism was at its height. In a riveting true story it tells of a cultural clash between British settlers and the indigenous Baphuthi people, led by King Moorosi, that culminated in a battle in today's Lesotho in 1879. It describes in detail the battle itself in which the Baphuthi people sought refuge on a mountain top where they held out against repeated attacks by the British settlers. Thoroughly researched and highly accurate, Sent to kill depicts the confrontation between the settlers and the indigenous people from the time the first colonial administrator set foot in the territory to the end of the conflict three years later. It highlights: • The British settlers' motives and methods of imposing their rule on the indigenous people. • The reaction by the indigenous people to an attempted colonial takeover of their people and their land. • The clash between British and African cultural values. • The result of attempts at compromise. This is not a sermonizing history book. Nor is it a boring text book. It tells the story in real time as it happened, with unexpected twists and turns along the way and a surprise ending that will keep you guessing until the final pages. By telling the whole story from both sides it leaves the reader to draw conclusions. Who was right and who was wrong? Who started the war and why did they do so? Not only does the book provide an insight into colonialism, but the issues surrounding it are also relevant to almost all wars, many of which are colonial in nature. The reader will find the issues it presents are also pertinent to those surrounding today's conflicts, whether they be in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Ukraine, Gaza or Israel.

(Sent to kill is an illustrated, updated and shortened version of the riveting historical novel Moorosi.)