{"product_id":"2940045497619","title":"The Baronet And The Savage King","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe concession to mine gold at Tati was granted to a British baronet,\u003cbr\u003eSir John Swinburne, by Lobengula, last king of the Matabele. Although\u003cbr\u003ecalled by colonial imperialists as a “savage king” and a “native despot”,\u003cbr\u003eLobengula was “exceedingly wellmade (in height about 6 ft 10 inches),\u003cbr\u003ecorpulent, with a commanding presence and, when in a good temper,\u003cbr\u003ehaving a kind heart and a full appreciation of humour”.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe gold at Tati, which was discovered by the geologist Carl Mauch,\u003cbr\u003ewas actually on the site of prehistoric diggings that had been mined\u003cbr\u003ethere 400 years previously by the Makalanga people. Tati lay on the\u003cbr\u003emissionary road to the north, used by Livingstone and Moffat, and\u003cbr\u003eit was part of Cecil Rhodes’s dream of a continuous tract of British\u003cbr\u003eimperialism from Cape to Cairo. The annexation of Bechuanaland\u003cbr\u003ewas a direct result of the confl icts between the tribes within the area\u003cbr\u003eand the threats from President Kruger and from Germany which had\u003cbr\u003erecently colonised Angra Pequena.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGold from the early diggings here found its way to Great Zimbabwe\u003cbr\u003eand the famous golden rhinocerous from Mapungubwe was probably\u003cbr\u003efashioned from gold mined at Tati. This forgotten corner of the subcontinent\u003cbr\u003eencapsulates a chapter of our history involving fi ve countries,\u003cbr\u003epowerful men, much subterfuge, a botched invasion, a rebellion, land\u003cbr\u003eannexation, prospectors, hunters, traders and adventurers. It is a story\u003cbr\u003ebegging to be told.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"David Hilton-Barber","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47072205078768,"sku":"2940045497619","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940045497619_p0.jpg?v=1763975549","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940045497619","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}