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Records of South-Eastern Africa: collected in various libraries and archive departments in Europe (Volume VIII)

Records of South-Eastern Africa: collected in various libraries and archive departments in Europe (Volume VIII)

George McCall Theal

Paperback

African HistoryGeneral World History

ISBN10: 9353607779
ISBN13: 9789353607777
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Apr 10 2019
Pages: 520
Weight: 1.44
Height: 1.16 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Here the making of South-Eastern Africa unfolds in the words of those who witnessed it. The distant past speaks here. Volume VIII of George McCall Theal's monumental Records of South-Eastern Africa series brings together rare South African historical documents and colonial Africa primary sources traced in libraries and archive departments across Europe. Letters, reports and official papers - presented in their original voices and careful translations - illuminate early European exploration of Africa, the growth of colonial administration in Africa, and the complex encounters with indigenous societies in South Africa that shaped nineteenth century South Africa and its frontier. Moving between Portuguese and British Africa and the evolving Cape Colony, these records anchor rigorous Cape Colony history research while remaining vivid, human testimony. For anyone tracing the layered story of power, resistance and exchange along the south-eastern seaboard, it offers context that no modern narrative can replace. As an indispensable reference for historians and a richly textured university African studies text, this archival records collection serves scholars, genealogists and curious general readers alike, opening a direct window onto policy-making, conflict, trade and everyday governance in Portuguese and British Africa. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions. Restored for today's and future generations. More than a reprint - a collector's item and a cultural treasure.

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