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Kingdoms and chiefdoms of southeastern Africa : oral traditions and history, 1400-1830 / Elizabeth A. Eldredge.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Eldredge, Elizabeth A., author.
- Series:
- Rochester studies in African history and the diaspora ; v. 64.
- Rochester studies in African history and the diaspora, 1092-5228 ; v. 64
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Chiefdoms.
- History.
- Kings and rulers.
- Africa, Southern--History--To 1899.
- Africa, Southern.
- Southern Africa.
- Africa, Southern--Kings and rulers.
- Chiefdoms--Africa, Southern--History.
- Africa, Southern--Politics and government.
- Politics and government.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 438 pages : maps ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Rochester, NY : University of Rochester Press, 2015.
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 411-424) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781580465144
- 1580465145
- OCLC:
- 890623588
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