Author : Elizabeth A. Eldredge
Release : 2015
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 145/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Kingdoms and Chiefdoms of Southeastern Africa by : Elizabeth A. Eldredge
Download or read book Kingdoms and Chiefdoms of Southeastern Africa written by Elizabeth A. Eldredge. This book was released on 2015. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.