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2 unusual facts about Cobbing


Cobbing

A building trades term for Kludge, derived from the implication that the work was done improperly, as if done with feet instead of hands.

Bob Cobbing (1920-2002), a British poet concentrating on concrete and visual poetry


Dithakong

The Battle of Dithakong in 1823 was part of the conflict and upheavals ending a period of strife referred to in the interior as the Difaqane, and is subject to debate following Cobbing's critique of once orthodox views of the Mfecane as a period of conflict generated by Zulu expansion.


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