An edition of A thousand years of East Africa (1990)
A thousand years of East Africa
By John Edward Giles Sutton
Publish Date
1990
Publisher
British Institute in Eastern Africa,International distributor, Thames and Hudson
Language
eng
Pages
111
Description:
"This volume summarises the history and development of Eastern Africa. Prominent subjects include: the town of ntusi in the 11-14th cents, and the background to the inter lacustrine kingdoms; irrigation cultivators at Engaruka below the rift escarpment 300 to 500 years ago; the Siriwake livestock specialists in the high grasslands until the Maasai Revolution; salt and iron industries through the ages; the flowering of Swahili towns and their place in the world of islam; Kilwa, the 14th century palace of Husuni Kubwa and the Zimbabwe gold trade."