Author: Robert Moffat
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ISBN:
Category : Matabeleland
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
The Matabele Journals of Robert Moffat, 1829-1860 ...
Author: Robert Moffat
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Matabeleland
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Matabeleland
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
The Matabele Journals of Robert Moffat, 1829-1860
Author: Robert Moffat
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ISBN:
Category : Matabeleland North Province (Zimbabwe)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Matabeleland North Province (Zimbabwe)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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The Matabele Journals of Robert Moffat 1829-1860
Author: Robert Moffat
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ISBN: 9780869231012
Category : Matabeleland (Zimbabwe)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Publisher:
ISBN: 9780869231012
Category : Matabeleland (Zimbabwe)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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The Matabele Journals of Robert Moffat
Author: Robert Moffat
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Matabeleland North Province (Zimbabwe)
Languages : en
Pages :
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Publisher:
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Category : Matabeleland North Province (Zimbabwe)
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Eleven Years in Central South Africa
Author: Thomas Morgan Thomas
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 0714618802
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 480
Book Description
An important surviving source for the study of the spectacular and short-lived kingdom of Ndebele which stands out by virtue of its ethnographical and political material about the Ndebele under Mzilikazi and Lebengula.
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 0714618802
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 480
Book Description
An important surviving source for the study of the spectacular and short-lived kingdom of Ndebele which stands out by virtue of its ethnographical and political material about the Ndebele under Mzilikazi and Lebengula.
The Great Treks
Author: Norman Etherington
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317883136
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 395
Book Description
The mass migration of the Boer farmers from Cape Colony to escape British domination in 1835-36 - the Great Trek - has always been a potent icon of Africaaner nationalism and identity. For African nationalists, the Mfecane - the vast movement of the Black populations in the interior following the emergence of a new Zulu kingdom as a major military force in the early 19th century - offers an equally powerful symbol of the making of a nation. With their parallel visions of populations on the move to establish new states, these two stories became part of divided South Africa’s separate mythologies, treated as unconnected events taking place in separate universes. For the first time, in this groundbreaking book, accounts of both migrations are brought together and examined. In uniting these separate visions of African and Afrikaaner history, Norman Etherington provides a fascinating picture of a major turning point in South African history, and points the way for future work on the period.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317883136
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 395
Book Description
The mass migration of the Boer farmers from Cape Colony to escape British domination in 1835-36 - the Great Trek - has always been a potent icon of Africaaner nationalism and identity. For African nationalists, the Mfecane - the vast movement of the Black populations in the interior following the emergence of a new Zulu kingdom as a major military force in the early 19th century - offers an equally powerful symbol of the making of a nation. With their parallel visions of populations on the move to establish new states, these two stories became part of divided South Africa’s separate mythologies, treated as unconnected events taking place in separate universes. For the first time, in this groundbreaking book, accounts of both migrations are brought together and examined. In uniting these separate visions of African and Afrikaaner history, Norman Etherington provides a fascinating picture of a major turning point in South African history, and points the way for future work on the period.
The Arid Lands
Author: Diana K. Davis
Publisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 0262034522
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
An argument that the perception of arid lands as wastelands is politically motivated and that these landscapes are variable, biodiverse ecosystems, whose inhabitants must be empowered. Deserts are commonly imagined as barren, defiled, worthless places, wastelands in need of development. This understanding has fueled extensive anti-desertification efforts—a multimillion-dollar global campaign driven by perceptions of a looming crisis. In this book, Diana Davis argues that estimates of desertification have been significantly exaggerated and that deserts and drylands—which constitute about 41% of the earth's landmass—are actually resilient and biodiverse environments in which a great many indigenous people have long lived sustainably. Meanwhile, contemporary arid lands development programs and anti-desertification efforts have met with little success. As Davis explains, these environments are not governed by the equilibrium ecological dynamics that apply in most other regions. Davis shows that our notion of the arid lands as wastelands derives largely from politically motivated Anglo-European colonial assumptions that these regions had been laid waste by “traditional” uses of the land. Unfortunately, such assumptions still frequently inform policy. Drawing on political ecology and environmental history, Davis traces changes in our understanding of deserts, from the benign views of the classical era to Christian associations of the desert with sinful activities to later (neo)colonial assumptions of destruction. She further explains how our thinking about deserts is problematically related to our conceptions of forests and desiccation. Davis concludes that a new understanding of the arid lands as healthy, natural, but variable ecosystems that do not necessarily need improvement or development will facilitate a more sustainable future for the world's magnificent drylands.
Publisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 0262034522
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
An argument that the perception of arid lands as wastelands is politically motivated and that these landscapes are variable, biodiverse ecosystems, whose inhabitants must be empowered. Deserts are commonly imagined as barren, defiled, worthless places, wastelands in need of development. This understanding has fueled extensive anti-desertification efforts—a multimillion-dollar global campaign driven by perceptions of a looming crisis. In this book, Diana Davis argues that estimates of desertification have been significantly exaggerated and that deserts and drylands—which constitute about 41% of the earth's landmass—are actually resilient and biodiverse environments in which a great many indigenous people have long lived sustainably. Meanwhile, contemporary arid lands development programs and anti-desertification efforts have met with little success. As Davis explains, these environments are not governed by the equilibrium ecological dynamics that apply in most other regions. Davis shows that our notion of the arid lands as wastelands derives largely from politically motivated Anglo-European colonial assumptions that these regions had been laid waste by “traditional” uses of the land. Unfortunately, such assumptions still frequently inform policy. Drawing on political ecology and environmental history, Davis traces changes in our understanding of deserts, from the benign views of the classical era to Christian associations of the desert with sinful activities to later (neo)colonial assumptions of destruction. She further explains how our thinking about deserts is problematically related to our conceptions of forests and desiccation. Davis concludes that a new understanding of the arid lands as healthy, natural, but variable ecosystems that do not necessarily need improvement or development will facilitate a more sustainable future for the world's magnificent drylands.
The Zambesian Past
Author: Eric Stokes
Publisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN:
Category : Africa, Central
Languages : en
Pages : 478
Book Description
Publisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN:
Category : Africa, Central
Languages : en
Pages : 478
Book Description
The American Archivist
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Archives
Languages : en
Pages : 860
Book Description
Includes sections "Reviews of books" and "Abstracts of archive publications (Western and Eastern Europe)."
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Archives
Languages : en
Pages : 860
Book Description
Includes sections "Reviews of books" and "Abstracts of archive publications (Western and Eastern Europe)."
The Ndebele Nation
Author: Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni
Publisher: Rozenberg Publishers
ISBN: 9036101360
Category : Ndebele (African people)
Languages : en
Pages : 231
Book Description
Publisher: Rozenberg Publishers
ISBN: 9036101360
Category : Ndebele (African people)
Languages : en
Pages : 231
Book Description