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Malawi’s first permanently settled people were Bantu from the north, who formed villages in 1500 along the central section of the lake and westwards into what is now Zambia. By 1600 these people were trading with the Portuguese and by the 1700s their tribal cohesions seemed to be disintegrating.

Bushmen, Damara and Namaqua people have lived in Namibia since early times with significant Bantu incursions occurring from 1300 AD onwards. The first Europeans to set foot on Africa’s south-west coast were Portuguese and included Bartolomeu Dias, but they did not put down any roots. Just crosses.

Zanzibar is an archipelago consisting of two main Islands of Unguja (commonly referred to as Zanzibar Island), Pemba and about 51 other surrounding small islets....

A True Story

The Shangaan-Tsonga people make up the majority of the staff in the Kruger National Park and their traditional homeland runs up its western border to the east of Hazyview. Story-telling is a pivotal skill in Shangaan tradition, as it is in so many African cultures. The storyteller or Garingani is usually an old woman, who will start her tale with the words “I am a Storyteller, the daughter of a Storyteller”. Her eager audience will call out “Garingani” sporadically to spur her on. Storytelling is crucial in keeping a record of the clan’s history and if the old lady makes a mistake she will be shouted down by her audience. Thus oral tradition maintains its accuracy and everybody has something to shout about.