Amazing. Quite interesting reading about Mutapan princes eschewing royal power for a quiet life amongst the Dominicans, don't know if it was sincerely out of belief or they were simply tired of courtly intrigue (hahaha).
Also, where do you source your images? I've found that a lot are either buried in textbooks or behind a paywall.
as for the images, its always a hustle, but its my favorite part of my writing, so i spent most of my week looking through whatever online archives have historical images of Africa (like museums) and i try to screenshot every image from any article i read (when i have access)
That's cool! Looking forward to more of your work. Honestly, it's opened my eyes to a lot of African history, and how it gets so little attention. Currently obsessing over South East African, still not quite over the fact that the Mutapa empire fell, lol XD
Great work. I really enjoyed this - and the pictures.
I recently read "A Short History of Mozambique" (2017) by Malyn Newitt, which is a recent printing and a more abridged work from his original "History of Mozambique" (1995). Of particular interest to me was the formation of the Zambezia "prazeros", which were somewhat like plantations or small feudal kingdoms but were run and established by Portuguese, Indians, (early on Swahili speaking muslims) and Africans; and rather than being a colonial intrusion was actually based on most likely based on local African traditions. They lasted hundreds of years and raised their own armies. It's impact is consequential even to the current independent state of Mozambique to this day.
As you state, the cross cultural exchange in Indian Ocean area was very substantial and not well understood or appreciated by most North American and European history buffs.
thank you, i love Malyn Newitt's work, its really illuminating for anglophone speakers who tend to understate the extent of portuguese expansion in south-east africa during the 17th century
I fell in love with The Portuguese Seaborne Empire by Charles Boxer back in my university days - one book in a 3rd year course on European Expansion from 1400-1700. The book is a bit dated now, and perhaps a bit too much of a narrative style for today's scholars, but such a great read. I completed my fourth year and got accepted to Grad School but decided to take a year off to get some money together. I chose the shipping industry because of my fascination with world trade and ships - all from that course and in particular that book. I never went back to get my masters and have spent the last 35 years in the ocean shipping business. Thank you C.R. Boxer!!
This is fascinating history. Very informative. Thanks
greatly appreciated!
Amazing. Quite interesting reading about Mutapan princes eschewing royal power for a quiet life amongst the Dominicans, don't know if it was sincerely out of belief or they were simply tired of courtly intrigue (hahaha).
Also, where do you source your images? I've found that a lot are either buried in textbooks or behind a paywall.
Ikr, the court politics must have been exhausting
as for the images, its always a hustle, but its my favorite part of my writing, so i spent most of my week looking through whatever online archives have historical images of Africa (like museums) and i try to screenshot every image from any article i read (when i have access)
That's cool! Looking forward to more of your work. Honestly, it's opened my eyes to a lot of African history, and how it gets so little attention. Currently obsessing over South East African, still not quite over the fact that the Mutapa empire fell, lol XD
Great work. I really enjoyed this - and the pictures.
I recently read "A Short History of Mozambique" (2017) by Malyn Newitt, which is a recent printing and a more abridged work from his original "History of Mozambique" (1995). Of particular interest to me was the formation of the Zambezia "prazeros", which were somewhat like plantations or small feudal kingdoms but were run and established by Portuguese, Indians, (early on Swahili speaking muslims) and Africans; and rather than being a colonial intrusion was actually based on most likely based on local African traditions. They lasted hundreds of years and raised their own armies. It's impact is consequential even to the current independent state of Mozambique to this day.
As you state, the cross cultural exchange in Indian Ocean area was very substantial and not well understood or appreciated by most North American and European history buffs.
thank you, i love Malyn Newitt's work, its really illuminating for anglophone speakers who tend to understate the extent of portuguese expansion in south-east africa during the 17th century
I fell in love with The Portuguese Seaborne Empire by Charles Boxer back in my university days - one book in a 3rd year course on European Expansion from 1400-1700. The book is a bit dated now, and perhaps a bit too much of a narrative style for today's scholars, but such a great read. I completed my fourth year and got accepted to Grad School but decided to take a year off to get some money together. I chose the shipping industry because of my fascination with world trade and ships - all from that course and in particular that book. I never went back to get my masters and have spent the last 35 years in the ocean shipping business. Thank you C.R. Boxer!!