Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Preface
- 1 History and Oral Traditions in Southeastern Africa
- 2 Oral Traditions in the Reconstruction of Southern African History
- 3 Shipwreck Survivor Accounts from the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries
- 4 Founding Families and Chiefdoms East of the Drakensberg
- 5 Maputo Bay Peoples and Chiefdoms before 1740
- 6 Maputo Bay, 1740–1820
- 7 Eastern Chiefdoms of Southern Africa, 1740–1815
- 8 Zulu Conquests and the Consolidation of Power, 1815–21
- 9 Military Campaigns, Migrations, and Political Reconfiguration
- 10 Ancestors, Descent Lines, and Chiefdoms West of the Drakensberg before 1820
- 11 The Caledon River Valley and the BaSotho of Moshoeshoe, 1821–33
- 12 The Expansion of the European Presence at Maputo Bay, 1821–33
- 13 Southern African Kingdoms on the Eve of Colonization
- Appendix A Ama Swazi King Lists
- 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
List of Illustrations
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 March 2018
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Preface
- 1 History and Oral Traditions in Southeastern Africa
- 2 Oral Traditions in the Reconstruction of Southern African History
- 3 Shipwreck Survivor Accounts from the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries
- 4 Founding Families and Chiefdoms East of the Drakensberg
- 5 Maputo Bay Peoples and Chiefdoms before 1740
- 6 Maputo Bay, 1740–1820
- 7 Eastern Chiefdoms of Southern Africa, 1740–1815
- 8 Zulu Conquests and the Consolidation of Power, 1815–21
- 9 Military Campaigns, Migrations, and Political Reconfiguration
- 10 Ancestors, Descent Lines, and Chiefdoms West of the Drakensberg before 1820
- 11 The Caledon River Valley and the BaSotho of Moshoeshoe, 1821–33
- 12 The Expansion of the European Presence at Maputo Bay, 1821–33
- 13 Southern African Kingdoms on the Eve of Colonization
- Appendix A Ama Swazi King Lists
- 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
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- Kingdoms and Chiefdoms of Southeastern AfricaOral Traditions and History, 1400–1830, pp. vii - viiiPublisher: Boydell & BrewerPrint publication year: 2015