Julian Cobbing [BA Hons (London); Ph.D (Lancaster)] is an English historian, and professor of History at Rhodes University (Grahamstown, South Africa), known best for his groundbreaking research into Zulu culture of the early 19th century. Cobbing is regarded as the first historian to discredit conventional historical beliefs about the 'Mfecane' - a term used to describe a period of wars during the 1820's and 1830's that resulted in the emergence of the Zulu nation. Wikipedia
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