Eldredge Kingdoms and Chiefdoms of Southeastern Africa

Oral Traditions and History, 1400-1830
1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-58046-876-3
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, Band 64, 450 Seiten

Reihe: Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora

Examines indigenous oral traditions and histories in order to explain the factors propelling sociopolitical consolidation and the emergence of chiefdoms and kingdoms in nineteenth-century southeastern Africa.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Eldredge, Elizabeth A.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Afrikanische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
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
Appendix A: AmaSwazi King List
Appendix B: Chronology of Conflicts, Migrations, and Political Reconfiguration East of the Drakensberg in the Era of Shaka
Appendix C: Interviewees from the James Stuart Collection of Oral Traditions
Notes
Bibliography
Index