A new light on the pre-colonial history of South-East Africa, where the 'Other' is the European and the 'Silence' has a voice, based on evidence from shipwreck survivor narratives 1552-1782

• Main Author: Vernon, Gillian Noël
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: University of Fort Hare 2009
• Subjects: Shipwrecks > South Africa > History Shipwrecks > Mozambique > Personal narratives; Bird Island; Port Edward
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10353/7930; https://corycommons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:30924

The aim of this dissertation is to extract information from shipwreck survivor narratives, which will add to the known body of knowledge of the pre-colonial history of Southern Africa during the years 1552 to 1782. The discourse analysis focuses on the voice of the African peoples where the European...