Episode 46 of Africa Past and Present: the podcast about African history, culture, and politics is now available at: http://afripod.aodl.org/

In this show, historian Paul Landau (University of Maryland) discusses his new book Popular Politics in South Africa, 1400-1948 (Cambridge University Press). A rethinking of the broad history of southern Africa, the book re-asserts African agency and sees Africans in motion, coming out of their own past. Based on oral traditions, genealogies, and some of the earliest recorded conversations between European missionaries and African people in the region, as well as other sources, Landau highlights the resilience of African political cultures and their adeptness at incorporating diverse peoples.

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