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Date: 2001 Type: Memorial Status: Extant   Click to view large map Coordinates: 33°18'44.46" S 26°33'01.76" E Alt: 517m

See more photographs The Egazini Memorial is a township-based heritage site that commemorates the battle of Grahamstown, which occurred in 1891 between Xhosa warriors and the British settlers residing in Grahamstown [Makhanda]. It is located in Fingo Village, Grahamstown, South Africa [3]. It was opened in 2001 by the Eastern Cape Department of Sport, Recreation, Arts and Culture. (MAKANA MEDIA WIKI accessed 2018 11 07) Transcript of inscription on rear face of memorial panel: The proverb means that once an action has been taken, the one who is shot at is at the mercy of the one who did the shooting. I believe that at the time of the British coming to the Eastern Cape, they saw the amaXhosa people more like animals than as humans. They would shoot at them in the same way you would shoot at an animal. I show an isiXhosa warrior going into battle while the British man on the other side would look at the warrior and thinks that he is an animal. Many Xhosa warriors were killed at this battle and I think that for many years afterwards the British continued to see the amaXhosa like animals. Akhona Mlisana b. 1985 Transcript of inscription on rear face of memorial panel: The warrior has been told not to fear anything because his ancestors are protecting him. In front of the man a rifle is depicted with water running out of it down into the ground. It is believed that the medicine man Makana deceived the chief of his troups when he prophesied that the bullets of the British would turn to water. Akhona Mlisana b. 1985 Submitted by William MARTINSON, November 2018.