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The Peopling of Africa

Author : James L. Newman
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780300072808
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (728 download)

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Download or read book The Peopling of Africa written by James L. Newman and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 1995-01-01 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discovering the African past takes one on a journey back to the origins of humanity over four million years ago, which is where James L. Newman begins his account of the continent's peoples. He ends it at the onset of the colonial era in the late nineteenth century, noting that "Africa and Africans deserve to be known on their own terms, and to achieve this goal we need to improve our understanding of what took place before colonialism rewrote many of life's rules." African identities constitute one of Newman's main themes, and thus he discusses the roles played by genetic background, language, occupation, and religion. Population distribution is the other main theme running through the book. As a geographer, the author uses regions, spaces, and places as his filters for viewing how Africans have responded through time to differing natural and human environmental circumstances. Drawing on the fields of biology, archaeology, linguistics, history, anthropology, and demography, as well as geography, Newman describes the richness and diversity of Africa's inhabitants, the technological changes that transformed their lives, how they formed polities from small groups of kin to states and empires, and how they were influenced by external forces, particularly the slave trade. Maps are an important part of the book, conveying information and helping readers interrelate local, regional, continental, and global contexts.

Popular Politics in the History of South Africa, 1400–1948

Author : Paul S. Landau
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139488260
Total Pages : 317 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (394 download)

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Download or read book Popular Politics in the History of South Africa, 1400–1948 written by Paul S. Landau and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2010-09-20 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Popular Politics in the History of South Africa, 1400–1948 offers an inclusive vision of South Africa's past. Drawing largely from original sources, Paul Landau presents a history of the politics of the country's people, from the time of their early settlements in the elevated heartlands, through the colonial era, to the dawn of Apartheid. A practical tradition of mobilization, alliance, and amalgamation persisted, mutated, and occasionally vanished from view; it survived against the odds in several forms, in tribalisms, Christian assemblies, and other, seemingly hybrid movements; and it continues today. Landau treats southern Africa broadly, concentrating increasingly on the southern Highveld and ultimately focusing on a transnational movement called the 'Samuelites'. He shows how people's politics in South Africa were suppressed and transformed, but never entirely eliminated.

Africa, the Cradle of Human Diversity

Author :
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004500227
Total Pages : 341 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (45 download)

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Download or read book Africa, the Cradle of Human Diversity written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2021-11-22 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores important chapters of past and recent African history from a multidisciplinary perspective. It covers an extensive time range from the evolution of early humans to the complex cultural and genetic diversity of modern-day populations in Africa. Through a comprehensive list of chapters, the book focuses on different time-periods, geographic regions and cultural and biological aspects of human diversity across the continent. Each chapter summarises current knowledge with perspectives from a varied set of international researchers from diverse areas of expertise. The book provides a valuable resource for scholars interested in evolutionary history and human diversity in Africa. Contributors are Shaun Aron, Ananyo Choudhury, Bernard Clist, Cesar Fortes-Lima, Rosa Fregel, Jackson S. Kimambo, Faye Lander , Marlize Lombard, Fidelis T. Masao, Ezekia Mtetwa, Gilbert Pwiti, Michèle Ramsay, Thembi Russell, Carina Schlebusch, Dhriti Sengupta, Plan Shenjere-Nyabezi, Mário Vicente.

A Concise History of South Africa

Author : Robert Ross
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521575782
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (757 download)

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Download or read book A Concise History of South Africa written by Robert Ross and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1999-05-06 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a succinct synthesis of South African history from the introduction of agriculture about 1500 years ago up to and including the government of Nelson Mandela. Stressing economic, social, cultural and environmental matters as well as political history, it shows how South Africa has become a single country. On the one hand it lays emphasis on the country's African heritage, and shows how this continues to influence social structures, ways of thought and ideas of governance. On the other, it chronicles the processes of colonial conquest and of economic development and unification stemming from the industrial revolution which began at the end of the nineteenth century. This leads on to a description and analysis of the fundamental political changes which South Africa is currently undergoing, while providing a background for the understanding of those many things which have not changed.

The Lie of 1652

Author : Patric Tariq Mellet
Publisher : Tafelberg
ISBN 13 : 9780624092124
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (921 download)

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Download or read book The Lie of 1652 written by Patric Tariq Mellet and published by Tafelberg. This book was released on 2020-09-15 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Lie of 1652 debunks the 'empty-land' myth and claims of a 'Bantu invasion', while outlining 220 years of war and resistance. It recounts the history of migration to the Cape by Africans, Indians, Southeast Asians and Europeans, providing a provocative perspective on the de-Africanisation of local people of colour.

African History: A Very Short Introduction

Author : John Parker
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0192802488
Total Pages : 185 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (928 download)

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Download or read book African History: A Very Short Introduction written by John Parker and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2007-03-22 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Intended for those interested in the African continent and the diversity of human history, this work looks at Africa's past and reflects on the changing ways it has been imagined and represented. It illustrates key themes in modern thinking about Africa's history with a range of historical examples.

Africans

Author : John Iliffe
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107198321
Total Pages : 421 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (71 download)

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Download or read book Africans written by John Iliffe and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2017-07-13 with total page 421 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An updated and comprehensive single-volume history covering all periods from human origins to contemporary African situations.

The Journey of Man

Author : Spencer Wells
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 0307830454
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (78 download)

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Download or read book The Journey of Man written by Spencer Wells and published by Random House. This book was released on 2012-10-31 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Around 60,000 years ago, a man—genetically identical to us—lived in Africa. Every person alive today is descended from him. How did this real-life Adam wind up as the father of us all? What happened to the descendants of other men who lived at the same time? And why, if modern humans share a single prehistoric ancestor, do we come in so many sizes, shapes, and races? Examining the hidden secrets of human evolution in our genetic code, Spencer Wells reveals how developments in the revolutionary science of population genetics have made it possible to create a family tree for the whole of humanity. Replete with marvelous anecdotes and remarkable information, from the truth about the real Adam and Eve to the way differing racial types emerged, The Journey of Man is an enthralling, epic tour through the history and development of early humankind.

Human Beginnings in South Africa

Author : H. J. Deacon
Publisher : New Africa Books
ISBN 13 : 9780864864178
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (641 download)

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Download or read book Human Beginnings in South Africa written by H. J. Deacon and published by New Africa Books. This book was released on 1999 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Stone Age is now beginning to be recognised as vital in establishing who we are and where we have come from. This period has long been neglected.

Navigating African Maritime History

Author : Carina E. Ray
Publisher : Liverpool University Press
ISBN 13 : 1786948958
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (869 download)

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Download or read book Navigating African Maritime History written by Carina E. Ray and published by Liverpool University Press. This book was released on 2017-10-18 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a collection of essays addressing multiple aspects of African maritime history in attempt to counter the lack of academic research that exists in comparison to other nations and continents, and to assert the value of African topics to the global study of maritime history. Each essay addresses African maritime history whilst also demonstrating an inextricable link to the global maritime stage. The topics discussed include early human migration to Africa; early European contact with Africa; the role of West African maritime communities in the Atlantic slave trade; New World slaveholders and the exploitation of African maritime skillsets; the construction of Atlantic world racial discourses; the rise and fall of colonial rule; and African immigrant communities in Europe. These essays cover maritime topics such as seafaring labour, navigational technology, swimming, diving, surfing; plus political subjects that include colonisation, decolonisation, immigration and citizenship. The book consists of eight essays and an introduction that evaluates the existing research into African maritime history. It includes case studies from every major geographical part of the continent, bar North Africa, and covers the Early Modern period up to the twentieth century. The purpose is not to provide a comprehensive chronological history, but rather a diverse collection of topics across a range of periods and locations to reflect the wealth of maritime topics in the history of Africa and their global significance. It concludes with a call for further research into non-European maritime activity, to deepen the global historiography.

Atlas of Changing South Africa

Author : A.J. Christopher
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134616732
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (346 download)

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Download or read book Atlas of Changing South Africa written by A.J. Christopher and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-01-04 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The new edition of the atlas (first published as The Atlas of Apartheid) presents a comprehensive introduction and detailed analysis of the spatial impact of apartheid in South Africa. It covers the period of the National Party Government of 1948 to 1994, and emphasises the changes and the continuing legacy this presents to South Africans at the start of the 21st century. The Atlas makes the unique contribution of presenting the policy and its impact in visual, spatial forms by including over 70 maps, a highly appropriate method considering that apartheid was about the control of space and specific places.

Archaeology, Language, and the African Past

Author : R. Blench
Publisher : Rowman Altamira
ISBN 13 : 9780759104662
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (46 download)

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Download or read book Archaeology, Language, and the African Past written by R. Blench and published by Rowman Altamira. This book was released on 2006 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scholarly work that attempts to match linguistic and archaeological evidence in precolonial Africa

New History of South Africa

Author : Hermann Buhr Giliomee
Publisher : Tafelberg
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 472 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book New History of South Africa written by Hermann Buhr Giliomee and published by Tafelberg. This book was released on 2007 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'SA is one of the few regions of the world where humans have lived continuously for nearly two million years' - the New History of South Africa offers an account of all these people.-The Weekender

The Prehistory of Africa

Author : Himla Soodyall
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Prehistory of Africa written by Himla Soodyall and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Oxford Handbook of African Archaeology

Author : Peter Mitchell
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191626147
Total Pages : 1077 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (916 download)

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Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of African Archaeology written by Peter Mitchell and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2013-07-04 with total page 1077 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Africa has the longest and arguably the most diverse archaeological record of any of the continents. It is where the human lineage first evolved and from where Homo sapiens spread across the rest of the world. Later, it witnessed novel experiments in food-production and unique trajectories to urbanism and the organisation of large communities that were not always structured along strictly hierarchical lines. Millennia of engagement with societies in other parts of the world confirm Africa's active participation in the construction of the modern world, while the richness of its history, ethnography, and linguistics provide unusually powerful opportunities for constructing interdisciplinary narratives of Africa's past. This Handbook provides a comprehensive and up-to-date synthesis of African archaeology, covering the entirety of the continent's past from the beginnings of human evolution to the archaeological legacy of European colonialism. As well as covering almost all periods and regions of the continent, it includes a mixture of key methodological and theoretical issues and debates, and situates the subject's contemporary practice within the discipline's history and the infrastructural challenges now facing its practitioners. Bringing together essays on all these themes from over seventy contributors, many of them living and working in Africa, it offers a highly accessible, contemporary account of the subject for use by scholars and students of not only archaeology, but also history, anthropology, and other disciplines.

A History of South Africa

Author : Leonard Monteath Thompson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780300065428
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (654 download)

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Download or read book A History of South Africa written by Leonard Monteath Thompson and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reexamines the history of South Africa, traces the development of apartheid, and describes the anti-apartheid movement

Deep Ancestry

Author : Spencer Wells
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 1426202113
Total Pages : 275 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (262 download)

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Download or read book Deep Ancestry written by Spencer Wells and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2007-11-20 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Travel backward through time from today's scattered billions to the handful of early humans who lived in Africa 60,000 years ago and are ancestors to us all. In Deep Ancestry, scientist and National Geographic explorer Spencer Wells shows how tiny genetic changes add up over time into a fascinating story. Using scores of real-life examples, helpful analogies, and detailed diagrams and illustrations, he explains exactly how each and every individual's DNA contributes another piece to the jigsaw puzzle of human history. The book takes readers inside the Genographic Project—the landmark study now assembling the world's largest collection of DNA samples and employing the latest in testing technology and computer analysis to examine hundreds of thousand of genetic profiles from all over the globe—and invites us all to take part.