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Faku Rulership and Colonialism in theMpondo Kingdom (c.1760–1867) Timothy J. Stapleton Wilfrid Laurier University Press This book has been published with the help of a grant from the Humanities and Social Sciences Federation of Canada, using funds provided by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Book Publishing Industry Development Program for our publishing activities.© 2001 Wilfrid Laurier University Press Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3C5 Cover design by Leslie Macredie, using a photograph of a Pondo homestead with imizi scattered on ridges. Photograph courtesy of the Cory Library, Grahamstown, South Africa. Printed in Canada All rights reserved. No part of this work covered by the copyrights hereon may be reproduced or used in any form or by any means—graphic, electronic, or mechanical —without the prior written permission of the publisher. Any request for photocopying , recording, taping, or reproducing in information storage and retrieval systems of any part of this book shall be directed in writing to the Canadian Reprography Collective, 214 King Street West, Suite 312, Toronto, Ontario M5H 3S6. Canadian Cataloguing in Publication Data Stapleton, Timothy Joseph, 1967Faku : rulership and colonialism in the Mpondo Kingdom (c. 1780-1867) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-88920-345-8 1. Faku, d. 1867. 2. Pondo (African people). 3. Pondoland (South Africa) History . 4. Pondoland (South Africa) - Kings and rulers - Biography. I. Title. DT2400.P66S72 2000 968.7’91 C99-932231-1 ' ...

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