Full Description
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.
Contents
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgements
Editorial Note
Map
Part I First Thoughts about the Archive
Chapter 1 Exploring the Archive of the Times before Colonialism — Cynthia Kros, John Wright, Mbongiseni Buthelezi and Helen Ludlow
Chapter 2 A Young Woman's Journey of Discovery — Cynthia Kros and John Wright
Chapter 3 Where Are the Deep Conversations about the Past? — Cynthia Kros and John Wright
Chapter 4 'Ask the Old People'; 'Ask the Professors' — Cynthia Kros and John Wright
Part II Commentaries and Conversations
Chapter 5 Notes on a Kholwa Writer's Life: Magema Fuze — Hlonipha Mokoena
Chapter 6 An Archive in an Old Tin Trunk — Rachel King
Chapter 7 Making 'Tribal Histories': The Work of Paul-Lenert Breutz — Fred Morton and Jan Boeyens
Chapter 8 Conversations with Sekibakiba Lekgoathi — Sekibakiba Lekgoathi, Cynthia Kros and John Wright
Chapter 9 Unpacking Olden Times — John Wright
Part III Becoming Explorers
Chapter 10 From 'Nature Study' to 'Nature's Archives': My Journey into Environmental History — Muchaparara Musemwa
Chapter 11 Nervously Entering the World of Carl Hoffmann and His Interlocutors — Lize Kriel
Chapter 12 Dreams and Destinies: Stepping into the World of Archaeology — Ndukuyakhe Ndlovu
Chapter 13 Life with the James Stuart Archive — John Wright
Part IV Engaging with Archaeology and Rock Art
Chapter 14 Digging Historic Cave: An Archaeological and Historical Quest — Amanda Esterhuysen
Chapter 15 Storm Shelter: Rediscovering an Archive of Rock Art — Geoffrey Blundell
Chapter 16 A Lion's Life: Tracking the Biography of an Archaeological
Artefact — Justine Wintjes
Part V Conflicting Opinions
Chapter 17 A Neglected Archive - and an Academic Pact — Sifiso Mxolisi Ndlovu
Chapter 18 Mapungubwe Imagined — Himal Ramji
Chapter 19 Mkhize Historians Dispute the Past — Grant McNulty
Part VI Further Thoughts
Chapter 20 Making Journeys into the Archive — Cynthia Kros
Chapter 21 The Archive in Pictures: Visual Essay — Justine Wintjes
Glossary
Contributors
Index
