''A Journey From Tete to Zumbo'' By Albino Manoel Pacheco

A translation (with the original Portuguese text) of Albino Manoel Pacheco's account of his journey to Zumbo on the Zambesi in 1861-2, at a time when Livingstone's Zambesi Expedition was still very active in the region. The work contains unique information about the spirit mediums and traditional histories of the peoples of the middle Zambesi.

List of contents

• Introduction


• The Book


• The Historical Background


• Monomotapa


• Zumbo and Feira/Mucariva


• Mhondoros


• Appendix 1: The Pacheco Family


• Appendix 2: Pacheco and the condemnation of the slaver 'Eolo'


• Uma Viagem de Tete ao Zumbo. Diario de Albino Manoel Pacheco


• A Journey from Teto to Zumbo. The Diary of Albino Manoel Pacheco

About the author

Malyn Newitt's previous British Academy publication (Treatise on the Rivers of Cuama) was the winner of the 2011 Paul Hair Prize of the African Studies Association (US body)

Summary

A translation (with the original Portuguese text) of Albino Manoel Pacheco's account of his journey to Zumbo on the Zambesi in 1861-2, at a time when Livingstone's Zambesi Expedition was still very active in the region. The work contains unique information about the spirit mediums and traditional histories of the peoples of the middle Zambesi.

Product details

• Authors: Malyn Newitt, Albino Manoel Pacheco
• Assisted by: Malyn Newitt (Translation), Malyn (King's College London) Newitt (Translation)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 06.02.2014
• EAN: 9780197265604
• ISBN: 978-0-19-726560-4
• No. of pages: 220
• Series: Fontes Historiae Africanae; Fontes Historiae Africanae, New Series: Sources of African History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, HISTORY / Africa / General, HISTORY / Expeditions & Discoveries, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Geographical discovery & exploration, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, African History, Geographical discovery and exploration, Zambesi river and tributaries, Zambesi river