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Kingdoms and Chiefdoms of Southeastern Africa (Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora)
Elizabeth A. Eldredge
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Hardcover. 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. Series: Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora. Num Pages: 450 pages, 6 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; HBJH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 237 x 37. Weight in Grams: 830.
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. This study traces the social and political history of the peoples of early precolonial southeastern Africa, including the regions of modern KwaZulu-Natal, Swaziland, southern Mozambique from Maputo Bay southward, and Lesotho. Theemergence in the early nineteenth century of well-known southern African kingdoms such as the AmaZulu, AmaSwazi, and BaSotho kingdoms was the culmination of centuries of sociopolitical developments, during which political controlwas consolidated in the ruling descent lines of small-scale chiefdoms. Providing the ... Read more
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. This study traces the social and political history of the peoples of early precolonial southeastern Africa, including the regions of modern KwaZulu-Natal, Swaziland, southern Mozambique from Maputo Bay southward, and Lesotho. Theemergence in the early nineteenth century of well-known southern African kingdoms such as the AmaZulu, AmaSwazi, and BaSotho kingdoms was the culmination of centuries of sociopolitical developments, during which political controlwas consolidated in the ruling descent lines of small-scale chiefdoms. Providing the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Rochester Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
450
Place of Publication
Rochester, United States
ISBN
9781580465144
SKU
V9781580465144
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Reviews for Kingdoms and Chiefdoms of Southeastern Africa (Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora)
Elizabeth Eldredge's Kingdoms and Chieftains of Southeastern Africa is a valuable addition to an extensive corpus of writings examining indigenous state formation across the southern Bantu world.
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