... he was outspoken against the racism that was so much a part of the colonial mission. Soga was a defender of ‘native’ view-points and values, and as such was a grandfather of black theology and ... lived in the area around the Keiskamma River. His father was a councillor to the Rharhabe king, Ngqika, and a polygamist with two wives. ‘Nonabe, the mother of Ntsikana, was the Right Hand (junior) ... of the emerging modern society. Beneficiaries of the civilising mission they were, yet they refused to define themselves in the image of their colonial benefactors. Rather, they re-defined themselves,...