Recenzja dwóch książek o powstaniu państwa Zulusów i innych państw w Afryce Południowo-Wschodniej. Elisabeth A. Eldredge, The Creation of the Zulu Kingdom, 1815-1828, Cambridge 2014, ss. 419; idem, Kingdoms and Chiefdoms of Southeastern Africa. Oral Traditions and History, 1400-1830, Rochester, NY 2015, ss. 450.

• Authors: Leśniewski Michał

Title variants

EN

Review of two Books About the Rise of the Zulu and Other States in South-East Africa. Elisabeth A. Eldredge, The Creation of the Zulu Kingdom, 1815-1828, Cambridge 2014, ss. 419; idem, Kingdoms and Chiefdoms of Southeastern Africa. Oral Traditions and History, 1400-1830, Rochester, NY 2015, ss. 450.

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

In the space of just a few months, two books by Elisabeth A. Eldredge, a renowned specialist in pre-colonial and early colonial history of southern Africa, were published. Both books, although separate, were evidently written concurrently or in a very short span of time. Their subjects are similar enough do one review of both of them. They deal with very similar topics, although approached from two different angles. Both finally are examples of the changes which took place in last thirty years in South African historiography, especially in relation to the history of the Zulu, South-Eastern Africa and state traditions among South African indigenous populations.

Keywords

EN

Zulu state; South-East Africa; kingdoms; chieftainship; oral tradition; history

• Publisher: Polskie Towarzystwo Afrykanistyczne
• Journal: Afryka
• Year: 2017
• Issue: 45
• Pages: 144-152

Contributors

author

Leśniewski Michał

• Instytut Historyczny, Wydział Historyczny, Uniwersytet Warszawski, Krakowskie Przedmiescie 26/28, 00-927 Warszawa, Polska

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