Bernard K. Mbenga
Bernard K. Mbenga is a historian at North-West University, South Africa, where he is a specialist in the history of the north-west of South Africa. He was one of the editors of the first volume of The Cambridge History of South Africa.
Early life and education
Mbenga has a bachelor's degree in history and English from the University of Zambia and a master's degree in African history from the University of York.[1] He received his PhD from the University of South Africa for a thesis titled, The Bakgatla-Ba-Kgafela in the Pilanesberg District of the Western Transvaal from 1899 to 1931.
Career
Mbenga joined North-West University in 1987. He became an associate professor in 2005.[2]
Writing
Mbenga has produced a number of articles and books relating to the history of the north west of South Africa. He was also the author with Hermann Giliomee of New history of South Africa (2007). With Carolyn Hamilton and Robert Ross he was the editor of the first volume of The Cambridge History of South Africa, covering the period up to 1885.[3] He co-wrote the chapters "The production of preindustrial South African history" (with Carolyn Hamilton and Robert Ross) and "From colonial hegemonies to imperial conquest, 1840–1880" (with Patrick Harries).
Selected publications
- "Forced labour in the Pilanesberg: The flogging of Chief Kgamanyane by Commandant Paul Kruger, Saulspoort, April 1870", Journal of Southern African Studies, Volume 23, Issue 1, 1997, pp. 127-140.
- New history of South Africa. Tafelberg, Cape Town, 2007. (With Hermann Giliomee) (Also published in Afrikaans as Nuwe geskiedenis van Suid-Afrika)
- The Cambridge history of South Africa volume 1: From early times to 1885. 2009. (Edited with Carolyn Hamilton and Robert Ross) ISBN 9780521517942
- People of the dew: A history of the Bafokeng of Rustenburg District, South Africa, from early times to 2000. Jacana Media, 2011. (Editor with Andrew Manson) ISBN 9781770098251
- Land, chiefs, mining: South Africa's North West Province since 1840. Witwatersrand University Press, Johannesburg, 2014. (With Andrew Manson)[4]
References
- ↑ Bernard Mbenga. Jacana Media. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
- ↑ Attias-Donfut, C.; et al. (2012). Citizenship, belonging and intergenerational relations in African migration. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 11. ISBN 978-0-230-39032-4.
- ↑ The Cambridge History of South Africa Volume 1: From Early Times to 1885. Cambridge Histories Online, Cambridge University Press. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
- ↑ Land, chiefs, mining : South Africa's North West Province since 1840. WorldCat. Retrieved 6 March 2016.