23 https://doi.org/10.1080/00138398.2010.533838 English eng Ally, Shireen Contributor <p>The article "Heroic Pioneers, Occluded ‘Natives’, and the Virgin Wild: Representations of Colonial Encounter in the Lowveld, South Africa" examines how colonial narratives in South Africa portrayed European settlers as heroic pioneers, indigenous peoples as marginalized or erased, and the landscape as an untouched wilderness. These representations served to justify colonial expansion and the subjugation of native populations.<br></p> Taylor & Francis 2010 pdf ISSN 0013-8398 Cultural Studies Heroic Pioneers, Occluded ‘Natives’, and the Virgin Wild: Representations of Colonial Encounter in the Lowveld, South Africa mixed material Taylor & Francis