Farmers, Kings, and Traders: The People of Southern Africa, 200-1860 - Softcover

Hall, Martin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0226313263 ISBN 13: 9780226313269

Publisher: University of Chicago Press, 1990

Synopsis

In this overview of the origins and development of black societies in southern Africa, Martin Hall reconstructs the region's past by throughly examining both the archaeological and the historical records. Beginning with the gradual southward movement of the earliest farmers nearly two thousand years ago, Hall tracks the emergence of precolonial states such as Mapungubwe and Great Zimbabwe. Farmers, Kings, and Traders concludes with the devastating effects of colonialism.

Through a close reading of the accounts of early travelers, colonialists, archaeologists, and historians, Hall places in context the often contradictory histories that have been written of this region. The result is an illuminating look at how ideas about the past have themselves changed over time.

About this title

About the Author:

Martin Hall is associate professor of archaeology and director of the Centre for African Studies at the University of Cape Town.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0226313263
• ISBN 13: 9780226313269
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 176