LUmqulu VI uhlanganisa umlando we-Afrika kusukela ekuqaleni kwekhulu le-1880 kuze kube yilapho kuthathwa amandla amakoloni aseYurophu ezwenikazi kusukela ngo-XNUMX.
Ngaphandle kokuqina kokuqina kobukhona bezentengiselwano, ezenkolo nezombusazwe zaseYurophu ngalesi sikhathi, amathonya angaphandle awazange abe nomthelela oqondile emiphakathini eminingi yase-Afrika, lapho kunochungechunge lwemizamo yamasiko eyehlukile kunesikhathi samanje, ukunwetshwa nokuthuthukiswa kwezinhlaka ezikhona. Ukulandelana okubili kokulandelana kwemicimbi okungadaluli lutho kumathonya angaphandle - iMfecane eningizimu ye-Afrika, nemiphumela yayo eCentral naseMpumalanga ye-Afrika, kanye nezinhlangano zamaSulumane eziguqula iNtshonalanga Afrika - zibonakala ngokugqamile kweziyisishiyagalombili izahluko kule ncwadi.
Incwadi ivula ngezahluko ezine ezinezihloko ezinikelwe emandleni amakhulu asebenzayo emphakathini wase-Afrika ngasekupheleni kwekhulu leminyaka, endimeni eguqukayo ye-Afrika emnothweni womhlaba, ezindleleni nasezinqubweni ezintsha emsebenzini. umsebenzi nemiphumela yokuqedwa kokuhweba ngezigqila. Zilandelwa izahluko ezingamashumi amabili nantathu ezinikelwe ekuguqukeni kwesimo ezifundeni ezahlukahlukene. Ekuphetheni, ezinye izahluko ezimbili zibheka ukuhlakazeka kwabantu base-Afrika futhi zibheka intuthuko yezwekazi kwezepolitiki, ezomnotho namasiko ngosuku olwandulela ukunqoba kwe-Europe.
Isahluko ngasinye siboniswa ngezithombe ezimnyama nezamhlophe, amamephu, izibalo kanye nezibalo. Umbhalo, ochazwe ngokuphelele, uqediwe nge-bibliography ebanzi yemisebenzi ephathelene nesikhathi.
