Research Catalog

Title

The Zambezi : a history / Malyn Newitt.

Author

Newitt, M. D. D.

Publication

• London : Hurst & Company, 2022.
• ©2022

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Details

Description

xiii, 349 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), maps; 22 cm

Summary

"The Zambezi is the fourth-longest river in Africa, and one of the continent's principal arteries of movement, migration, conquest and commerce. In this book, historian Malyn Newitt quotes rarely used Portuguese sources that throw vivid light on the culture of the river peoples and their relations with the Portuguese creole society of the prazos. Hitherto unused manuscript material illustrates Portuguese and British colonial rule over the people of the long-lived Lunda kingdoms, and the Lozi of the Barotse Floodplain. The Zambezi became a war zone during the 'Scramble for Africa', the struggle for independence and the civil wars that followed the departure of colonial powers."--

Subject

• Lozi (African people) > History
• Portugal > Colonies > History. > Africa
• England > Colonies > History. > Africa
• Lunda Empire > History
• Zambezi River > History
• Zambezi River

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-329) and index.

Call Number

ReCAP 22-11080

ISBN

• 1787387003
• 9781787387003

OCLC

1276932754

Author

Newitt, M. D. D., author.

Title

The Zambezi : a history / Malyn Newitt.

Publisher

London : Hurst & Company, 2022.

Copyright Date

©2022

Type of Content

text

still image

cartographic image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-329) and index.

Research Call Number

ReCAP 22-11080