Ndebele, Frank Oates, and Knowledge Production in the 1870s

Christopher Prior is Associate Professor in Colonial and Postcolonial History at the University of Southampton, UK. He has written two monographs on the histories of Britain and Britons in Africa, and the intellectual connections between Africa and Britain, including Edwardian England and the Idea of Racial Decline (Palgrave, 2013).Joseph Higgins is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Modern History at the University of Southampton, UK. He has written on the intellectual histories connecting empire and Britain.

• Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. The Contingencies of Understanding.- Chapter 3. Frank Oates and King Lobengula.- Chapter 4. The Emotional State and Knowledge Production.- Chapter 5. Conclusion.