Standout Papers

The Creation of Tribalism in Southern Africa 1984 2026 1998 2012 315
  1. The Creation of Tribalism in Southern Africa (1989)
    Leonard Thompson, Leroy Vail African Studies Review
  2. Studies in the Social and Economic History of the Witwatersrand, 1886-1914 (1984)
    Leroy Vail, Charles van Onselen African Economic History

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Ecology and history: the example of Eastern Zambia
1977
Studies in the Social and Economic History of the Witwatersrand, 1886-1914
1984 Standout
The Cambridge History of Africa
1987
The African Poor: A History.
1990
No Condition is Permanent: The Social Dynamics of Agrarian Change in Sub- Saharan Africa.
1995
Ethnicity, language and national unity: The case of Malawi
1978
Capitalism and Colonialism in Mozambique
1981
The Goba of the Zambezi: Sex Roles, Economics, and Change
1984
Power and the Praise Poem: Southern African Voices in History
1993
The Creation of Tribalism in Southern Africa
1989 Standout
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