Gandhi’s sentimentalized Zulu portrait contradicts his contemporaneous newspaper views of them
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
- XREF: Pairs with the reader’s interest in how leaders construct moral narratives post-hoc; links to caste-annihilation theme of who gets to author history. — connects to: Gandhi’s later memoir recast defeated Zulus as grateful recipients of his corps’ mercy — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 206; Gandhi’s published words contradicted his later sympathetic recollections of Zulus; Gandhi’s posthumous image has been detached from the historical man — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 90 (+2 more)
- yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Gandhi’s later memoir recast defeated Zulus as grateful recipients of his corps’ mercy — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 206; Gandhi’s published words contradicted his later sympathetic recollections of Zulus; Gandhi’s posthumous image has been detached from the historical man — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 90 (+2 more)
Broader Connections
- Gandhi’s published words contradicted his later sympathetic recollections of Zulus
#corroborates(0.97) - Gandhi’s later memoirs falsified his contemporary views of Africans.
#corroborates(0.92) — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 207