Maps of Yao (P.20)
African Ethnic Groups (Public Content)
Ethnic Groups of Africa
Source: Africa Ethnic Groups
Data Source: Murdock, G. P. 1959. Africa, Its Peoples and Their Culture History. McGraw Hill.
Usage Notes/Copyright Status: This work is in the public domain in the United States under the terms of Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105 of the US Code.
Date Downloaded: 1996
Map Description:
This map displays the ethnic groups of Africa as researched by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency in 1996. Areas with large populations of two or more major ethnic groups have been represented with one feature being superimposed over the other as represented by the Shared Areas layer.
Please note that the classification presented does not reflect current scholarly consensus.
Data Source: Murdock, G. P. 1959. Africa, Its Peoples and Their Culture History. McGraw Hill.
Usage Notes/Copyright Status: This work is in the public domain in the United States under the terms of Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105 of the US Code.
Date Downloaded: 1996
Map Description:
This map displays the ethnic groups of Africa as researched by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency in 1996. Areas with large populations of two or more major ethnic groups have been represented with one feature being superimposed over the other as represented by the Shared Areas layer.
Please note that the classification presented does not reflect current scholarly consensus.
Note: Scanned or downloaded images have been geo-registered for compatibility with our project interface. Slight imperfections are an inevitable result of the registration process. View original image(s) to see the unaltered map(s).
Difaqane - Diffusion of Sotho/Tswana Peoples (Nurse, Weiner and Jenkins)
Difaqane - Diffusion of Sotho/Tswana peoples in Response to Military Incursion
Source:
G. T. Nurse, J. S. Weiner, and Trefor Jenkins. The Peoples of Southern Africa and Their Affinities. 1985. Oxford: Clarendon Press. 74.
Date Digitized: 2009
Map Description:
This map displays the main routes of dispersal of Sotho/Tswana peoples during the Difaqane (1815-1840). This name is the word in Lesotho which refers to the same event as the Mfecane. During this period, the Zulu/Mtetwa state system rose in power and began military expansion. Consolidation was common for most groups, although some fled (see the Kololo migration route) and others chose to reciprocate military action, resulting in the circular path of the Taung of Mentatisi (Nurse, Weiner and Jenkins, 1985).
Other LL-MAP resources related to this project:
Mfecane - Routes of Diffusion of Nguni Peoples (Nurse, Weiner and Jenkins)
San Populations Then and Now (Nurse, Weiner and Jenkins)
The Khoi as Migrants and Nomads (Nurse, Weiner and Jenkins)
Date Digitized: 2009
Map Description:
This map displays the main routes of dispersal of Sotho/Tswana peoples during the Difaqane (1815-1840). This name is the word in Lesotho which refers to the same event as the Mfecane. During this period, the Zulu/Mtetwa state system rose in power and began military expansion. Consolidation was common for most groups, although some fled (see the Kololo migration route) and others chose to reciprocate military action, resulting in the circular path of the Taung of Mentatisi (Nurse, Weiner and Jenkins, 1985).
Other LL-MAP resources related to this project:
Mfecane - Routes of Diffusion of Nguni Peoples (Nurse, Weiner and Jenkins)
San Populations Then and Now (Nurse, Weiner and Jenkins)
The Khoi as Migrants and Nomads (Nurse, Weiner and Jenkins)
Note: Scanned or downloaded images have been geo-registered for compatibility with our project interface. Slight imperfections are an inevitable result of the registration process. View original image(s) to see the unaltered map(s).
Mfecane - Diffusion of Nguni Peoples (Nurse, Weiner and Jenkins)
Mfecane - Diffusion of Nguni peoples in response to military incursion
Source:
G. T. Nurse, J. S. Weiner, and Trefor Jenkins. 1985. The Peoples of Southern Africa and Their Affinities. Oxford: Clarendon Press. 73.
Date Digitized: 2009
Map Description:
This map displays the main routes of dispersal of Nguni peoples during the Mfecane (1815-1840). This Zulu name of the period can be loosely translated as "the crushing" or "the scattering", and is an apt description for what the Nguni peoples did. It came to pass primarily due to the military pressure from the rising Zulu/Mtetwa militarist state system, the consolidation of the Swati and the defeat of the Ndwandwe military power. (Note: although lines may intersect, the groups may not have actually met. The exception to this is the Maseko Ngoni, who fought with Shoshangane's people, the Jele Ngoni, the Rowzi and the Kololo/Lozi.) (Nurse, Weiner and Jenkins, 1985).
Other LL-MAP resources related to this project:
Difaqane - Routes of Diffusion of Sotho/Tswana Peoples (Nurse, Weiner and Jenkins)
San Populations Then and Now (Nurse, Weiner and Jenkins)
The Khoi as Migrants and Nomads (Nurse, Weiner and Jenkins)
Date Digitized: 2009
Map Description:
This map displays the main routes of dispersal of Nguni peoples during the Mfecane (1815-1840). This Zulu name of the period can be loosely translated as "the crushing" or "the scattering", and is an apt description for what the Nguni peoples did. It came to pass primarily due to the military pressure from the rising Zulu/Mtetwa militarist state system, the consolidation of the Swati and the defeat of the Ndwandwe military power. (Note: although lines may intersect, the groups may not have actually met. The exception to this is the Maseko Ngoni, who fought with Shoshangane's people, the Jele Ngoni, the Rowzi and the Kololo/Lozi.) (Nurse, Weiner and Jenkins, 1985).
Other LL-MAP resources related to this project:
Difaqane - Routes of Diffusion of Sotho/Tswana Peoples (Nurse, Weiner and Jenkins)
San Populations Then and Now (Nurse, Weiner and Jenkins)
The Khoi as Migrants and Nomads (Nurse, Weiner and Jenkins)
Note: Scanned or downloaded images have been geo-registered for compatibility with our project interface. Slight imperfections are an inevitable result of the registration process. View original image(s) to see the unaltered map(s).
Ngoni, Kamba, Arab-Swahili, and Yao Disruptions and Movement Within the Interior Mosiac (Newman)
Ngoni, Kamba, Arab-Swahili, and Yao Movements, Migrations, and Trade Routes Within the Interior Mosiac
Source:
Newman, James L. 1995. The Peopling of Africa. New Haven: Yale University Press. 175.
Date Digitized: 2009
Map Description:
According to James L. Newman, the interior of East Africa is one of the most complex ethnolinguistic regions on the continent, due to the continuous movement of groups, including Khoisan, Cushitic, Nilotic and Bantu peoples. During the nineteenth century, two major events brought change once again to east Africa: the arrival of the Ngoni and the growth of the trade industries from the coast. The Ngoni fought their way north, and many peoples fled, were destroyed or were assimilated; some stood their ground, however, and the constant turmoil that resulted prevented population increases for the rest of the century. By contrast, the steadily improving trade markets encouraged expansion. Arab-Swahili, Kamba and Yao traders connected the interior of the continent with the coast (Newman 1995: 175). However, during this era, no states as prosperous or powerful as those in the interlacustrine region would arise (Newman).
Other LL-MAP resources related to this project:
Eastern and Southern Cushites Introduce Food-Producing Economies to the Interior Mosaic (Newman)
Southern Nilotic Speakers Seeking the Kenyan Highlands(Newman)
Bantu Colonization of the Interior Mosiac of Africa (Newman)
Influential Eastern Nilotic Migrations(Newman)
Date Digitized: 2009
Map Description:
According to James L. Newman, the interior of East Africa is one of the most complex ethnolinguistic regions on the continent, due to the continuous movement of groups, including Khoisan, Cushitic, Nilotic and Bantu peoples. During the nineteenth century, two major events brought change once again to east Africa: the arrival of the Ngoni and the growth of the trade industries from the coast. The Ngoni fought their way north, and many peoples fled, were destroyed or were assimilated; some stood their ground, however, and the constant turmoil that resulted prevented population increases for the rest of the century. By contrast, the steadily improving trade markets encouraged expansion. Arab-Swahili, Kamba and Yao traders connected the interior of the continent with the coast (Newman 1995: 175). However, during this era, no states as prosperous or powerful as those in the interlacustrine region would arise (Newman).
Other LL-MAP resources related to this project:
Eastern and Southern Cushites Introduce Food-Producing Economies to the Interior Mosaic (Newman)
Southern Nilotic Speakers Seeking the Kenyan Highlands(Newman)
Bantu Colonization of the Interior Mosiac of Africa (Newman)
Influential Eastern Nilotic Migrations(Newman)
Note: Scanned or downloaded images have been geo-registered for compatibility with our project interface. Slight imperfections are an inevitable result of the registration process. View original image(s) to see the unaltered map(s).