[PDF] Kingdoms And Chiefdoms Of Southeastern Africa eBook

Author : Elizabeth A. Eldredge
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 40,54 MB
Release : 2015
Category : History
ISBN : 1580465145

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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.

Author : Elizabeth A. Eldredge
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 19,70 MB
Release : 2002-06-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780521523042

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A study of the Basotho and the transition from chiefdom to kingdom to British colony, first published in 2003.

Author : James Qeqe
Publisher : Publication Consultants
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 14,55 MB
Release : 2018-03-01
Category : History
ISBN : 1594337608

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The Unknown of the Known in Africa is the story of George Eden Bess from Germany who does research as a historian. George unveils unknown King Shaka and his plan to make Southern Africa to be in his palm of hand. George's purpose becomes a plan to bring back Africans united, as there is no African foreigner in an African country. Africa belongs to all Africans and all Africans belong to all African countries. James' novel also shows that Africans should be against Xenophobia. The Unknown of the Known in Africa brings the genuine perspective and description of the Mfecane Wars also known as Difaqane which simply means the disruption during the period of late late 17th and early 18th century—the time of chiefdoms in Southern Africa. Africans might come from different tribes, but still Africans. We cannot change the past, but we can fix the present, and we can change the future. May God bless Africa.

Author : James Oliver Gump
Publisher : Em Texts
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 13,52 MB
Release : 1990
Category : History
ISBN :

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This study argues that the Zulu kingdom did not emerge as a revolutionary outburst; rather, that state formation among the northern Nguni-speaking peoples of Southern Africa began as much as a half-century before Shaka.

Author : Daryll Forde
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 25,87 MB
Release : 2018-10-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 042995851X

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Originally published in 1967 this volume presents studies of 10 West African kingdoms which have played an important part in the economic, political and cultural life of the region. Ranging geographically from the kingdom of Benin in southern Nigeria to the Wolof kingdom of Kayor in Senegal, they inlcude the Oyo Yoruba, Dahomey, Hausa, Maradi, Kom in West Cameroon, the Mossi, Ashanti and Gonja and the Mende chiefdoms of Sierra Leone. Each outlines the historical origins and development of the kingdom and analyses its organization in the nineteenth century. It includes accounts of the economic basis and resources of the state and the significance of tribute and trade, of the social categories among its population, the administrarive machinery and communnications, the judicial and military organization and external relations. It also considers the importance of the ideology and rituals of kingship.

Author : Kenny Mann
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 14,99 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Africa, Southern
ISBN : 9780875186597

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Tracing the history of four African kingdoms which once occupied the region south of the Zambezi River, this study offers insights into the distinctive customs of the indigenous peoples of southern Africa and examines how the European powers changed life in the area forever through colonization and conflict.

Author : Elizabeth A. Eldredge
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 421 pages
File Size : 42,13 MB
Release : 2014-10-30
Category : History
ISBN : 1316062082

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This scholarly account traces the emergence of the Zulu Kingdom in South Africa in the early nineteenth century, under the rule of the ambitious and iconic King Shaka. In contrast to recent literary analyses of myths of Shaka, this book uses the richness of Zulu oral traditions and a comprehensive body of written sources to provide a compelling narrative and analysis of the events and people of the era of Shaka's rule. The oral traditions portray Shaka as rewarding courage and loyalty, and punishing failure; as ordering the targeted killing of his own subjects, both warriors and civilians, to ensure compliance to his rule; and as arrogant and shrewd, but kind to the poor and the mentally disabled. The rich and diverse oral traditions, transmitted from generation to generation, reveal the important roles and fates of men and women, royal and subject, from the perspectives of those who experienced Shaka's rule and the dramatic emergence of the Zulu Kingdom.

Author : Sylviane A. Diouf
Publisher : Franklin Watts
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 32,55 MB
Release : 2001-03-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780531165355

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Surveys historical regions and kingdoms of Southern Africa, with biographies of Nzinga Mbande, Queen of Angola; Shaka, King of the Zulu Nation; and Moshoeshoe, King of the Sotho.

Author : Britannica Educational Publishing
Publisher : Britannica Educational Publishing
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 45,9 MB
Release : 2010-10-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1615303987

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The history of southern Africa is marked by both the convergence and divergence of diverse cultures. Clashes between European settlers and indigenous peoples throughout this section of the continent were common. At stake were rights to a wealth of natural resources and, as time went by, independence. This volume surveys the often volatile histories of each country in the region and introduces readers to the diversity of peoples that are an important element of each country’s past and future.

Author : Sylviane Anna Diouf
Publisher : Franklin Watts
Page : 63 pages
File Size : 17,89 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780531203743

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Surveys historical regions and kingdoms of Southern Africa, with biographies of Nzinga Mbande, Queen of Angola; Shaka, King of the Zulu Nation; and Moshoeshoe, King of the Sotho.