Short description : Geographic region
Map of Southeast Africa
Lake Malawi in 1967
Southern Africa ,[ 1] [ 2] or Southeastern Africa ,[ 3] [ lower-alpha 1] is an African region that is intermediate between East Africa [ lower-alpha 2] and Southern Africa .[ lower-alpha 3] [ 8] It comprises the countries Botswana, Eswatini, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi,[ 9] Mozambique,[ 10] [ 11] Namibia, Rwanda , South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda,[ 12] Zambia and Zimbabwe[ 13] in the mainland, with the island-nations of Madagascar , Mauritius , Comoros, and Seychelles also included.[ 10]
History
Prehistory
East and southern Africa are among the earliest regions where modern humans (Homo sapiens ) and their predecessors are believed to have lived. In September 2019, scientists reported the computerized determination, based on 260 CT scans , of a virtual skull shape of the last common human ancestor to modern humans/H. sapiens , representative of the earliest modern humans, and suggested that modern humans arose between 350,000 and 260,000 years ago through a merging of populations in South and East Africa.[ 14] [ 15]
Bantu expansion
Bantu -speakers traversed from Central Africa into Southeast Africa approximately 3,000 years ago.[ 10]
Swahili coast
Urewe
Madagascar
Kitara and Bunyoro
Lake Plateau states and empires
Buganda
Rwanda
Burundi
Maravi
Modern history
In the 19th and 20th centuries, David Livingstone [ 16] and Frederick Courtney Selous visited Southeast Africa. The latter wrote down his experiences in the book Travel and Adventure in South-East Africa .[ 17]
Demographics and languages
People include the San people.[ 3] The Swahili language is spoken, both as an official language and lingua franca , by millions of people.[ 18]
Culture
Art
Architecture
Clothing
Cuisine
Music
Religion
Film industry
Science and technology
Health
Geography
Mount Kilimanjaro , Africa's highest mountain
Lake Malawi[ 16] [ 19] and Limpopo River[ 20] are located in Southeast Africa.
Climate
Natural Disasters
Wildlife
Lion in Masai Mara , Kenya
Fauna [ 17] includes the cheetah , leopard , lion ,[ 21] Nile crocodile , hyena , Lichtenstein's hartebeest and white rhinoceros.
See also
Notes
↑ Though this reference[ 4] includes Namibia, it was previously referred to as "Southwest Africa"[ 5] due to its location.
↑ East Africa at least partially includes Northeast Africa .[ 6] [ 7]
↑ Southern Africa includes what was known as Southwest Africa.[ 5]
References
↑ Axworthy, Mary (2004). Sowell, Teri L.. ed. Asking for Eyes: The Visual Voice of Southeast Africa . University Art Gallery, San Diego State University . ISBN 0-937097-01-2 . https://books.google.com/books?id=PZ00AQAAIAAJ .
↑ Wieschhoff, H. A. (2013). The Zimbabwe-Monomotapa Culture in Southeast Africa . Literary Licensing L. L. C.. ISBN 978-1-4940-0993-9 . https://books.google.com/books?id=HT0RngEACAAJ .
↑ 3.0 3.1 Schlebusch, C. M.; Prins, F.; Lombard, M.; Jakobsson, M.; Soodyall, H. (2016). "The disappearing San of southeastern Africa and their genetic affinities." . Human Genetics 135 (12): 1365–1373. doi :10.1007/s00439-016-1729-8 . PMID 27651137 .
↑ Southeastern Africa: South Africa, Mozambique, Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Swaziland, Namibia, and Malawi , https://www.britannica.com/place/Limpopo-River , retrieved 30 April 2018
↑ 5.0 5.1 Turok, Ben (1990). Witness from the frontline: aggression and resistance in Southern Africa . Institute for African Alternatives. p. 86. ISBN 1-870425-12-X . https://books.google.com/books?id=MtchAAAAMAAJ&q=%22extend+apartheid+laws%22 .
↑ Jama, Abdillahi H. (2002). "11" . Values in Islamic culture and the experience of history . pp. 303–322. ISBN 1-135-43416-6 . https://books.google.com/books?id=O2W_vLShBKYC&pg=PA303 .
↑ Bechaus-Gerst, Marianne; Blench, Roger (2014). "11" . in Kevin MacDonald. The Origins and Development of African Livestock: Archaeology, Genetics, Linguistics and Ethnography – "Linguistic evidence for the prehistory of livestock in Sudan" (2000) . Routledge. p. 453. ISBN 978-1-135-43416-8 . https://books.google.com/books?id=-t5QAwAAQBAJ . Retrieved 15 September 2014 .
↑ Klopper, S.; Conru, K.; Nel, K. (2002). The Art of Southeast Africa: From the Conru Collection . Harry N. Abrams. ISBN 88-7439-001-7 . https://books.google.com/books?id=svbpAAAAMAAJ .
↑ "Malawi" , Merriam-Webster , https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Malawi , retrieved 29 April 2018
↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 "Bantu Ethnicity in South East Africa: From Kenya to the Southern Tip of Africa" . Ancestry.com . https://www.ancestry.com/dna/ethnicity/southeast-africa .
↑ "Mozambique" , Merriam-Webster , https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Mozambique , retrieved 29 April 2018
↑ "Tracing African Roots: Exploring the Ethnic Origins of the Afro-Diaspora" . Tracing African Roots . 31 January 2016. https://tracingafricanroots.wordpress.com/maps/southeast-africa/ .
↑ Fry, Kathie. "Southeast African Countries" . Do It in Africa. http://www.doitinafrica.com/attractions/southeast.htm .
↑ Zimmer, Carl (10 September 2019). "Scientists Find the Skull of Humanity's Ancestor — on a Computer – By comparing fossils and CT scans, researchers say they have reconstructed the skull of the last common forebear of modern humans." . The New York Times . https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/10/science/human-ancestor-skull-computer.html .
↑ Mounier, Aurélien; Lahr, Marta (2019). "Deciphering African late middle Pleistocene hominin diversity and the origin of our species" . Nature Communications 10 (1): 3406. doi :10.1038/s41467-019-11213-w . PMID 31506422 . Bibcode : 2019NatCo..10.3406M .
↑ 16.0 16.1 Douglas, John (Summer 1998). "Malawi: The Lake of Stars" . Travel Africa (4). http://www.travelafricamag.com/content/view/231/56/ . Retrieved 22 August 2008 .
↑ 17.0 17.1 Selous, F. C. (2011). "XXV" . Travel and Adventure in South-East Africa . New York: Cambridge University Press. p. 445. ISBN 978-1-108-03116-5 . https://books.google.com/books?id=CdWemHZX4BQC .
↑ Irele 2010
↑ "Freshwater Fish Species in Lake Malawi (Nyasa) [Southeast Africa "]. Fishbase.org (Mongabay). 15 November 2001. http://fish.mongabay.com/data/ecosystems/Lake%20Malawi.htm .
↑ Limpopo River , https://www.britannica.com/place/Limpopo-River , retrieved 29 April 2018
↑ Jackson, D. (2010). "Introduction" . Lion . London: Reaktion Books. pp. 1–21. ISBN 978-1-86189-735-0 . https://books.google.com/books?id=65lK7UIVRfIC .
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