. ▁ ▁After ▁many ▁years ▁of ▁conflict ▁and ▁war fare , ▁the ▁British ▁took ▁control ▁of ▁South ▁Africa ▁and ▁histor ians ▁began ▁conc ili atory ▁effort ▁to ▁bring ▁the ▁two ▁sides ▁together ▁in ▁a ▁shared ▁history . ▁ ▁An ▁influ ential ▁large - scale ▁effort ▁was ▁made ▁by ▁George ▁Mc Call ▁The al ▁( 1 8 3 7 - 1 9 1 9 ), ▁who ▁wrote ▁many ▁books ▁as ▁school ▁teacher ▁and ▁as ▁the ▁official ▁historian , ▁such ▁as ▁History ▁and ▁Eth n ography ▁of ▁Africa ▁South ▁of ▁the ▁Z amb esi ▁( 1 1 ▁vol , ▁ 1 8 9 7 – 1 9 1 9 ). ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁ 1 9 2 0 s , ▁histor ians ▁using ▁mission ary ▁sources ▁started ▁present ing ▁the ▁Col oured ▁and ▁African ▁view points , ▁as ▁in ▁W . ▁M . ▁Mac mill an , ▁B ant u , ▁Bo er ▁and ▁Brit on : ▁The ▁M aking ▁of ▁the ▁South ▁African ▁Native ▁Problem ▁( Lond on , ▁ 1 9 2 9 ). ▁ ▁Modern ▁research ▁standards ▁were ▁introduced ▁by ▁Eric ▁A . ▁Walker ▁( 1 8 8 6 – 1 9 7 6 ), ▁who ▁moved ▁from ▁a ▁professor ship ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Cape ▁Town ▁to ▁become ▁the ▁Vere ▁Har ms worth ▁Professor ▁of ▁Imperial ▁and ▁Naval ▁History ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Cambridge , ▁where ▁he ▁trained ▁a ▁generation ▁of ▁gradu ate ▁students . ▁ ▁Af rik an er ▁histor i ography ▁increasing ly ▁def ended ▁apart heid . ▁