Dynasties of the Mutapa-Rozwi Complex
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8979414 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Edward A Alpers, Edward Alpers (0000-0003-1137-4625, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1970 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 203-220 |
| Publication date | 1970-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of African History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-8537 • E-ISSN: 1469-5138 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0021853700009944 |
| OpenAlex | W2096357808 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 15 |
The two most obvious conclusions to be drawn from this material are that interlocking relationships and reasonably accurate dating are most reliably established for the very early and the very recent periods. The eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, in particular, seem to be a period of confusion. Even in the best of circumstances this result might reasonably be expected as a consequence of the telescoping of events in a coherent body of genealogical evidence. In this instance, coincidentally, the hiatus in knowledge from traditional sources corresponds to a parallel decline in contemporary Portuguese knowledge of the region. More positively, on the basis of Abraham's scattered notes, there does seem to be a solid base line linking the ‘princely’ dynasties which were established in the eastern part of this zone to the parent Mwene Mutapa dynasty. The mfekane , too, constitutes a major point of reference in a great many of the traditions analysed above. If more dynastic traditions and genealogies can be systematically collected, evaluated, and published for the Mutapa–Rozwi complex, the original goal of this inquiry may yet be fulfilled
Aesthetics · Confusion · Genealogy · Hiatus · Linguistics · Period (music · Point (geometry · Portuguese · Ancient Egypt and Archaeology · Archaeology and Historical Studies · History · Language, Linguistics, Cultural Analysis · Mathematics · Philosophy · Psychology
Oral Tradition - A Study in Historical Methodology
The Oxford history of South Africa
Oral Tradition
The Historian in Tropical Africa
Portuguese in South-East Africa, 1488-1600
The Zambesian Past
Seven Tribes of British Central Africa
Aspects of Central African History
On the Threshold of Central Africa (1897)
Maramuca
The Value of Imported Ceramics in the Dating and Interpretation of the Rhodesian Iron Age
The Greefswald Sequence
Some Notes on the Political Organization of the Venda-speaking Tribes
Portuguese in South-East Africa, 1488-1600
Eric Stokes and Richard Brown, The Zambesian Past
| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,16 |
| Citation span | 1976 - 2025 (50) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |