Gandhi’s published words contradicted his later sympathetic recollections of Zulus
Evidence
The retrospectively constructed image of the flogged, defeated Zulu—a dumb animal conveying his gratitude to God’s missionaries of peace—is completely at odds, as we shall see, with his views about Zulus that were published in the pages of his newspapers during those years. In Gandhi’s reimagining of the story of the Bambatha Rebellion, the broken Zulu becomes the inspiration for another of his causes: celibacy. — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 207
Categorization
Category: Contrarian or Surprising Claims
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