- History full of betrayal The story of the Nandi is quite an ironic one. During the 1850s the Nandi people first encountered Arab caravans. Regardless of the intentions of the Arabs, the Nandi often raided these caravans as they were easy targets full of goods from the coastal regions. Th...
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Much of recent Algerian history has been dominated by civil wars and subsequent warlordism. That said, the country is gradually restoring order and will prove an interesting - if difficult - destination. Electricity Officially, 220V 50Hz [source] ...
of Sheba, as an integral part of the Federation of The South, Union. The African Nubian Kingdoms Nation Kingdoms hundreds of internal Chiefdoms, collectively form the Supreme Assembly of the Kingdoms Federation (representing the respective Kingdoms and Kingdoms Tribal Nations of the African Continent)...
and government at all levels in their efforts to preserve historic battlefields and sites associated with wars that occurred on American soil. Its goals are to protect sites associated with armed conflicts that influenced the course of our history, to encourage and assist all Americans in planning ...
49 Explorers of the NileTim Jeal Genre:History Publish Date: November 1, 2011 Publisher:Yale University Press Apple Books | $11.99Amazon Kindle Explorers of the Nile The Triumph and Tragedy of a Great Victorian Adventureby Tim Jeal A“highly enjoyable” account of six men, and one woman, who...
The Great Rift Valley: Being The Narrative Of A Journey To Mount Kenya And Lake Baringoby J W Gregory (1896) is an account of an expedition undertaken in 1892-93 into the eastern part of what was then known as British East Africa and a comprehehsive natural history of the area, writt...
African Hunting And Travel Journals Of J B S Greathead 1884-1910edited by D W Gess (2003) record not only his hunting journeys, but also his observation of the people and natural history he encountered in the course of his trips. Comments on medical matters of the time also appear. A ...
The chapter will focus on Thomas Mofolo's Chaka (1925, trans. 1931) and Solomon Plaatje's Mhudi (written 1920, published 1930), which are set in pre-colonial Southern Africa and offer fictionalised histories of tribal wars. In both texts, men and women are also brought into conflict ...
Petherick's additions to the knowledge of natural history were considerable, being responsible for the discovery of a number of new species. In 1859 he returned to England where he became acquainted with John Speke, then arranging for an expedition to discover the source of the Nile. He ...