Mapungubwe

Author : Thomas Huffmann
Publisher : Wits University Press
ISBN 13 : 1868144089
Total Pages : 62 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mapungubwe written by Thomas Huffmann and published by Wits University Press. This book was released on 2005-02-01 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An illustrated book about a 1000 year old civilization Between AD 900 and 1300, the Shashe-Limpopo basin in Limpopo Province witnessed the development of an ancient civilization. Like civilizations everywhere, it consisted of a complex social organization supported by intensive agriculture and long-distance trade. The Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape, as it is now known, was the forerunner of the famous town of Great Zimbabwe, situated about 200 kilometers to the north, and its cultural connection to Great Zimbabwe and the Venda people allows archaeologists to reconstruct its evolution. This generously illustrated book tells the story of an African civilization that began more than 1000 years ago. It is the first in a series of accessible books written by specialists for visitors to South Africa's World Heritage Sites.

Author : Zakes Mda
Publisher : Africa List
ISBN 13 : 9780857425898
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Sculptors of Mapungubwe written by Zakes Mda and published by Africa List. This book was released on 2018-09-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the timeless kingdom of Mapungubwe, the royal sculptor had two sons, Chata and Rendani. As they grew, so grew their rivalry--and their extraordinary talents. But while Rendani became a master carver of the animals that run in the wild hills and lush valleys of the land, Chata learned to carve fantastic beings from his dreams, creatures never before seen on the Earth. From this natural rivalry between brothers, Zakes Mda crafts an irresistibly rich fable of love and family. What makes the better art, perfect mimicry or inspiration? Who makes the better wife, a princess or a mysterious dancer? Ageless and contemporary, deceptive in its simplicity and mythical in its scope, The Sculptors of Mapungubwe encompasses all we know of love, envy, and the artist's primal power to forge art from nature and nature into art. Mda's newest novel will only strengthen his international reputation as one of the most trenchant voices of South Africa.

Author : MISTRA MISTRA
Publisher : African Books Collective
ISBN 13 : 1928509037
Total Pages : 153 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mapungubwe Reconsidered written by MISTRA MISTRA and published by African Books Collective. This book was released on 2015-06-03 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape is one of the profound treasures of southern Africas social and archaeological history, appropriately declared a World Heritage (Unesco) in 2003. Contained within this landscape is indispensable information on precolonial state formation, social hierarchies, architecture of stone-walled towns, mineral processing and intercontinental trade. And yet, the Mapungubwe state rose, towered over its environs, and then declined long before European colonial incursions. What exactly were the social dynamics in this polity? What technologies did it utilise? How did it relate to neighbouring unable to sustain itself? In this combined edition of two MISTRA publications, now jointly titled Mapungubwe Reconsidered: A Living Legacy, MISTRA seeks to contribute to the body of knowledge about Mapungubwe, straddling such issues as the relationships between humans and the environment, management of mineral endowments and the form and impact of southern Africas global intercourse in this historical period.

Author : Shadreck Chirikure
Publisher : Real African Publishers Pty Ltd.
ISBN 13 : 1920655069
Total Pages : 150 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mapungubwe Reconsidered: A Living Legacy written by Shadreck Chirikure and published by Real African Publishers Pty Ltd.. This book was released on 2015-10-01 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape is one of the profound treasures of southern Africa's social and archaeological history, appropriately declared a World Heritage Site by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) in 2003. Contained within this landscape is indispensable information on precolonial state formation, social hierarchies, architecture of stone-walled towns, mineral processing and intercontinental trade. And yet, the Mapungubwe state rose, towered over its environs, and then declined – long before European colonial incursions. Mapungubwe Reconsidered: A Living Legacy contributes to the body of knowledge about Mapungubwe, straddling such issues as the relationships between humans and the environment, management of mineral endowments and the form and impact of southern Africa's global intercourse in this historical period.

Author : Sian Tiley
Publisher : Sunbird Publishers
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 94 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mapungubwe written by Sian Tiley and published by Sunbird Publishers. This book was released on 2004 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mapungubwe is one of South Africa's best-kept secrets. The Hill of the Jackal was the centre of a thriving civilisation around 800 AD-1200 AD. This work contains images of the gold artefacts, the pottery and the beadwork - together with a history of the civilisation.

Author : Chris Angus
Publisher : Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1631580396
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Winston Churchill and the Treasure of Mapungubwe Hill written by Chris Angus and published by Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2014-09-02 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Only the past can save the future for Winston Churchill, and it’s a past with many secrets. There is vast treasure hidden in an almost impregnable Central African fortress surrounded by cliffs. The mountain is a honeycomb of ancient tombs and palaces, as well as the ancient burial place of a Nubian queen mysteriously wedded to a Roman. Young Winston Churchill, a prisoner during the Boer War, is offered a secret deal for freedom by Britain’s enemy Louis Botha: with Botha’s agent, Zeila, Winston must seek out and protect the greatest secret of the dark continent, a fabulous Nubian treasure known only as Mapungubwe Hill. But a rogue member of the British royal family, Lord Sterne, is also after the treasure. Can Winston and the lovely Zeila both survive being entombed? And will their relationship go further than their mission? Decades later, in the middle of a raging World War II, Winston’s special agent Martin Rand struggles to unlock Mapungubwe’s secrets again before German forces, lead by Nazi-sympathizer Lord Sterne, can overwhelm and capture it. Will Winston prevail over the Nazis, or will the Nubian warriors take matters into their own hands? And will Winston’s secret tryst with Zeila come back to ruin everything? Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Arcade, Yucca, and Good Books imprints, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in fiction—novels, novellas, political and medical thrillers, comedy, satire, historical fiction, romance, erotic and love stories, mystery, classic literature, folklore and mythology, literary classics including Shakespeare, Dumas, Wilde, Cather, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

Author : Saul Dubow
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521479073
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.7X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Scientific Racism in Modern South Africa written by Saul Dubow and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1995-06-30 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study of the history of intellectual and scientific racism in modern South Africa.

Author : J. D. Fage
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521074704
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Papers in African Prehistory written by J. D. Fage and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1970-10-01 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Professor Fage and Professor Oliver, the editors of this collection, are distinguished historians of Africa, and as founding editors of the Journal of African History they both established the journal and used it to mark out developing areas of the subject. In directing the journal they have pursued an active policy of commissioning articles in fields where the literature was scanty, and in this volume they have collected together some of the most important articles they have published on African prehistory. It is designed for the student of African history, and the library that needs copies of frequently consulted papers to supplement its sets of periodicals. All the articles contain either accounts of important research or more general review articles. The book is illustrated with line diagrams and photographs. One article which originally appeared in French has been translated into English.

Author : François-Xavier Fauvelle
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691181268
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Golden Rhinoceros written by François-Xavier Fauvelle and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2018-12-04 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A leading historian reconstructs the forgotten history of medieval Africa From the birth of Islam in the seventh century to the voyages of European exploration in the fifteenth, Africa was at the center of a vibrant exchange of goods and ideas. It was an African golden age in which places like Ghana, Nubia, and Zimbabwe became the crossroads of civilizations, and where African royals, thinkers, and artists played celebrated roles in the globalized world of the Middle Ages. The Golden Rhinoceros brings this unsung era marvelously to life, taking readers from the Sahara and the Nile River Valley to the Ethiopian highlands and southern Africa. Drawing on fragmented written sources as well as his many years of experience as an archaeologist, François-Xavier Fauvelle painstakingly reconstructs an African past that is too often denied its place in history—but no longer. He looks at ruined cities found in the mangrove, exquisite pieces of art, rare artifacts like the golden rhinoceros of Mapungubwe, ancient maps, and accounts left by geographers and travelers—remarkable discoveries that shed critical light on political and architectural achievements, trade, religious beliefs, diplomatic episodes, and individual lives. A book that finally recognizes Africa’s important role in the Middle Ages, The Golden Rhinoceros also provides a window into the historian’s craft. Fauvelle carefully pieces together the written and archaeological evidence to tell an unforgettable story that is at once sensitive to Africa’s rich social diversity and alert to the trajectories that connected Africa with the wider Muslim and Christian worlds.

Author : Cynthia Kros
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 1776147308
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Archives of Times Past written by Cynthia Kros and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2022-02-01 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume critically examines sources of evidence and material from the archive that historically have been used to tell southern Africa’s pre-colonial story.