Archival Significance
A pioneering academic history of Barotseland’s political evolution and state formation, written by Mutumba Mainga, among the first Zambian women to complete a doctorate in history and a foundational figure in the historiography of the Lozi kingdom.
Institutional Context
Published by Longman Group Limited, London.
Content Summary
Examines the political evolution and pre-colonial state formation of the Lozi kingdom of Bulozi under its Luyana rulers.
Research Utility
A core text for researchers of Zambian and Central African pre-colonial political history, and of the Lozi kingdom specifically.
Abantu Archives Note
Held in-house.