Peter Lobengula

South African performer, d. 1913

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Peter Lobengula (died 1913) was a South African actor and circus performer who gained considerable attention in Britain during the early 20th-century, claiming to be a prince and the son of Lobengula, the last King of the Matabele.^[1]^[2] He portrayed his father in the film Major Wilson's Last Stand. His engagement to Kitty Jewell, a white British woman, ignited public scandal and was widely sensationalized by the press, marking an early instance of tabloid journalism's influential role in shaping and echoing British imperialistic attitudes.^[3]^[4]^[5]

References

^ Shephard, Ben (1984-04-03). "A Royal Gentleman of Colour". www.historytoday.com. History Today. Retrieved 2023-07-27.
^ Qureshi, Sadiah. "Exhibiting foreigners: The case of performing 'prince' Lobengula". www.ourmigrationstory.org.uk. Retrieved 2023-07-27.
^ Shephard, Ben (2003-01-01). Kitty and the Prince: A Victorian Tragedy. Profile Books. ISBN 978-1-86197-510-2.
^ Shephard, Ben (2017-03-01), "Showbiz imperialism: The Case of Peter Lobengula", Imperialism and Popular Culture, Manchester University Press, pp. 94–112, ISBN 978-1-5261-1956-8, retrieved 2023-07-27
^ Holthoon, Frits van; Linden, Marcel van der (1988). Internationalism in the labour movement: 1830-1940. BRILL. ISBN 978-90-04-08555-8.