From early human civilisation to today, this book illuminates the history of southern Africa. Interweaving social, cultural and political history, archaeology, anthropology and environmentalism, Neil Parsons and Alois Mlambo provide an engaging account of the region's varied past. Placing African voices and agency at centre stage rather than approaching the subject through a colonial lens, A History of Southern Africa provides an engrossing narrative of the region. This textbook is ideal for both undergraduate and postgraduate students of History and African Studies, and will provide an essential grounding for those taking courses in the history of southern Africa. Its lively and accessible approach will appeal to anyone with an interest in global history.
- 288 pages
- English
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A History of Southern Africa
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Table of contents
- Contents
- List of Maps
- Introduction
- 1 Middle and Later Stone Age
- 2 Early & Middle Iron Age to c.1300
- 3 Later Iron Age Societies to c.1685
- 4 Early States & European Colonies c.1600–c.1790
- 5 Coastal & Interior Frontier Wars c.1790–c.1868
- 6 Scramble for Africa Part 1, 1868–1902
- 7 Scramble for Africa Part 2, 1902–1919
- 8 Golden Years for Colonialism, 1919–1948
- 9 Apartheid & African Nationalism 1948–1967
- 10 Years of Revolutionary Insurgence 1967–1990
- 11 Southern Africa since 1990
- Notes
- General Bibliography
- Index
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