Author: Pachai, Bridglal ; editor:
Title: The Early History of Malawi
Description: [London], Longman, [1972]. orig.wrappers. 21x14cm, xxix,454,[12]p, PAPERBACK.. 12pp photoplates.. Some rubbing. Embossed stamp to flyleaf. VG. ¶ Twenty of the twenty-four papers were originally presented at a conference on the early history of Malawi held at Blantyne under the auspices of the University of Malawi from 20 July to 24 July 1970. Includes: The Men Who Came Before Malawian History; Prehistoric Origins; Environment & History: The Malawian Setting; The Iron Age in Malawi: A Brief Account of Recent Work; Transport & Communication in Malawi to 1891, with a Summary to 1918; The Meaning of the Name 'Malawi* in Oral Traditions & Precolonial Documents; Chewa or Malawi Political Organization in the Precolonial Era; The People of Bororo: A Lexicostatistical Enquiry; Reflections on the Early History of North Malawi; Suggestions Towards a Reinterpreted Tumbuka History; The Yao in Malawi: The Importance of Local Research; Ngoni Politics & Diplomacy in Malawi, 1848-1904; Religion & Politics in Northern Ngoniland, 1881-1904; The Maskeo Ngoni at Domwe, 1870-1900; Portugal's Attitude to Nyasaland during the Period of the Partition of Africa; Notes on the Origins of the Arab War; Politics of Collaboration: Imperialism in Practice; Johnston & Jameson: A Comparative Study in the Imposition of Colonial Rule; The Development of Administration to 1897; A Note on the Universities Mission to Central Africa, 1859-1914; An Introduction to the History of the Dutch Reformed Church Mission in Malawi, 1889-1914; Economic Policy: Land & Labour inMalawi; The Place of John Chilembwe in Malawi Historiography; Development & Change in the History of Malawi.

Keywords: Malawi Historiography, Southern Africa, Colonial History, African Prehistory, Colony Colonialism, , , ,