Kingdoms and Chiefdoms of Southeastern Africa

Kingdoms and Chiefdoms of Southeastern Africa
Author: Elizabeth A. Eldredge
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
Total Pages: 450
Release: 2015
Genre: History
ISBN: 1580465145

History and oral traditions in southeastern Africa -- Oral traditions in the reconstruction of southern African history -- Shipwreck survivor accounts from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries -- Founding families and chiefdoms east of the Drakensberg -- Maputo Bay peoples and chiefdoms before 1740 -- Maputo Bay, 1740-1820 -- Eastern chiefdoms of southern Africa, 1740-1815 -- Zulu conquests and the consolidation of power, 1815-21 -- Military campaigns, migrations, and political reconfiguration -- Ancestors, descent lines, and chiefdoms west of the Drakensberg before 1820 -- The Caledon River valley and the Basotho of Moshoeshoe, 1821-33 -- The expansion of the European presence at Maputo Bay, 1821-33 -- Southern African kingdoms on the eve of colonization.

The Arts and Crafts of Literacy

The Arts and Crafts of Literacy
Author: Andrea Brigaglia
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Total Pages: 368
Release: 2017-09-25
Genre: History
ISBN: 3110541645

During the last two decades, the (re-)discovery of thousands of manuscripts in different regions of sub-Saharan Africa has questioned the long-standing approach of Africa as a continent only characterized by orality and legitimately assigned to the continent the status of a civilization of written literacy. However, most of the existing studies mainly aim at serving literary and historical purposes, and focus only on the textual dimension of the manuscripts. This book advances on the contrary a holistic approach to the study of these manuscripts and gather contributions on the different dimensions of the manuscript, i.e. the materials, the technologies, the practices and the communities involved in the production, commercialization, circulation, preservation and consumption. The originality of this book is found in its methodological approach as well as its comparative geographic focus, presenting studies on a continental scale, including regions formerly neglected by existing scholarship, provides a unique opportunity to expand our still scanty knowledge of the different manuscript cultures that the African continent has developed and that often can still be considered as living traditions.

Records of South-Eastern Africa; Collected in Various Libraries and Archive Departments in Europe

Records of South-Eastern Africa; Collected in Various Libraries and Archive Departments in Europe
Author: George McCall Theal
Publisher: General Books
Total Pages: 236
Release: 2009-08
Genre:
ISBN: 9780217542395

The book may have numerous typos or missing text. It is not illustrated or indexed. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from the publisher's website. You can also preview the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a trial membership in the publisher's book club where they can select from more than a million books for free. Original Publisher: Printed for the Government of the Cape Colony Publication date: 1899 Subjects: Bantu-speaking peoples; Africa, Southern; History / Africa / General; History / Africa / South / General; History / Africa / South / Republic of South Africa; Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural; Travel / Africa / General