Colonial Discourse and the Jesus-fication of King Chaka

This book offers a re-reading of Chaka to show that Mofolo astutely deconstructs, and then reconstructs, King Chaka into a messianic figure whose life trajectory and destiny mirrors that of Jesus Christ in the Bible’s New Testament in order to subvert the colonial ethos of the time.

Daniel M. Mengara

Preface Introduction Chapter 1: Chaka the Man and Chaka the Myth: Who Truly was King Chaka? Chapter 2: The Chaka Manuscript: The "Lost Years" and "Lost Chapters" Controversy Chapter 3: Recontextualizing Thomas Mofolo's Chaka Chapter 4: Thomas Mofolo and the "Jesus-fication" of King Chaka Chapter 5: When the Empire Strikes Back: The Sly Nationalism of Thomas Mofolo Conclusion: Rediscovering Thomas Mofolo's Chaka References About the Author