Mr. Calverley recounts events concerning the activities of his father, William James Calverley, during the Sotho Rebellion, the Bambatha Rebellion, including the activities of Chakijana, and other events in kwaZulu.
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Mr. Calverley recounts events concerning the activities of his father, William James Calverley, during the Sotho Rebellion, the Bambatha Rebellion, including the activities of Chakijana, and other events in kwaZulu.
Performer: Frederick William Calverley, an 80-year-old white South African
Place: In his home in Melmoth village, 10 am
Audience: Varies from five to seven of his friends and relatives
Notes: He is blind, has been blind for fourteen years. He is somewhat deformed: head, hands, feet. Weathered, rugged, very opinionated, dislikes any frivolous talk. Grey hair, wears an old crushed hat. He is deferred to by all, it seems. Other
Notes: ...John Dunn is the correct spelling. Other spellings will be found in the obituaries read into the tape by Scheub. ..."Puff, my brother": his formal name is Louis. ...What Mr. Frederick Calverley felt he could not say on the tape but did say off the tape is that when William Calverley said that he (Calverley) could not accept Sir Duncan Mackenzie's offer to get him a better paid position unless the same were offered to his friends, Titlestad and Hedges, Duncan replied, "What? They're just two old women!" ...Frederick Calverley's grandmother's name was Ntombi Yentaba, Woman of the Hill. This grandmother may have come from County Wilshire in England; two progeny are name Wilshire (this is a suggestion of Mrs. Frederick Calverley). ...Zulu Mounted Rifles (ZMR) is now Umvoti Mounted Rifles (UMR). ...Other voices on the tape: Rod Bristow, nephew of Frederick Calverley and owner of a trading shop in the area, and Mrs. Frederick Calverley. ...Of special interest are the episodes involving Chakijana (cf. with the 1968 Zulu account that I collected). Chakijana, it was thought, lived in Mahlabatini.