Simon Hall

Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection (MISTRA)

David Pearce

Peter Delius

Shadreck Chirikure

Amanda Esterhuysen

Sekibakiba Lekgoathi

Maanda Maulaudzi

Vele Neluvhalani

Otsile Ntsoane

Karim Sadr

Jeanette Smith

The Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape is one of the profound treasures of southern Africa's social and archaeological history, appropriately declared a World Heritage Site by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) in 2003. Contained within this landscape is indispensable information on precolonial state formation, social hierarchies, architecture of stone-walled towns, mineral processing and intercontinental trade. And yet, the Mapungubwe state rose, towered over its environs, and then declined – long before European colonial incursions. Mapungubwe Reconsidered: A Living Legacy contributes to the body of knowledge about Mapungubwe, straddling such issues as the relationships between humans and the environment, management of mineral endowments and the form and impact of southern Africa's global intercourse in this historical period.

Exploring Beyond the Rise and Decline of the Mapungubwe State

Mapungubwe Reconsidered: A Living Legacy

Mario Scerri

Rasigan Maharajh

Collet Dandara

Fatima Ferraz

Erika Kraemer-Mbula

Christopher Mabeza

Lebs Mphahlele

McEdward Murimbika

Thomas Pogue

Alinah Segobye

Desiree Sehlapelo

This book traces the history of innovations from precolonial times and examines precolonial settlements in southern Africa such as Mapungubwe in LImpopo Province, Bokoni in Mpumalanga Province and Msuluzi in KwaZulu-Natal Province from the perspective of their indigenious technological efforts to harness nature for communal benefit. It is informed by the understanding that national systems of innovation evolve and take shape against the backdrop of regional, continental and global macrosocial dynamics, including corresponding systems of innovation.

Long Histories and Contemporary Debates

Emergence of Innovations in (South)ern Africa

Shadreck Chirikure

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