20th Annual Leon Levy Lecture: State Formations in Precolonial Eastern and Southern Africa
lectureOct 28 · 17:30
Chapurukha M. Kusimba draws on two decades of excavations to rethink how precolonial African states built their power.
Who's Involve
Chapurukha M. KusimbaSpeaker
Description
The presentation details how recent archaeological research is driving a fundamental reconceptualization of early African political systems. It examines evidence gathered across Eastern and Southern Africa—including sites such as Kilwa Kisiwani, Songo Mnara, Mtwapa, Great Zimbabwe, Khami, and Mapungubwe—to trace how field analyses from recent decades reshape understanding of precolonial state formations.