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Cattle killings in south africa The Dead Will Arise by Jeff Peires tells the story of how a female Xhosa prophet, an adolescent named Nongqawuse, and her uncle Mhlakaza inspired the faith of the Xhosa people in the Cape Colony, encouraging them to kill their cattle, refuse to cultivate crops, and abstain from sexual impurities so that the white settlers would be driven into the sea and the “new people” (Xhosa ancestors) would be resurrected. Cattle killings in south africa The end result of faith in the prophecy was tragedy and the end of traditional Xhosa life: over 40,000 Xhosa starved to death; the land was largely taken over by white settlers; and because of British policies, especially towards charity, survivors were forced into migrant labor to avoid starvation. Cattle killings in south africa Peires argues that Nongqawuse’s prophecy was a mixture of Christian and Xhosa beliefs, thus appealing to the majority of Xhosa, and that her message was further made palatable to Xhosa chi...