Southeast Africa

Lake Malawi in 1967

Southeast Africa[1][2] or Southeastern Africa[3][lower-alpha 1] is an African region that is intermediate between East Africa[lower-alpha 2] and Southern Africa.[lower-alpha 3][8] It comprises the countries Botswana, Burundi, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi,[9] Mozambique,[10][11] Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda,[12] Zambia and Zimbabwe[13] in the mainland, with the island-nation of Madagascar also included.[10]

Demographics and languages

People include the San people.[3] The Swahili language is spoken here, both as an official language and lingua franca by millions of people.[14]

Geography

Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa's highest mountain

Lake Malawi[15][16] and Limpopo River[17] are located here.

History

It is considered that approximately 3,000 years ago, Bantu peoples arrived in this area from what is now Western or Central Africa.[10]

In the 19th and 20th centuries, David Livingstone[16] and Frederick Courtney Selous visited this area. The latter wrote down his experiences in the book Travel and Adventure in South-East Africa.[18]

Wildlife

Lion in Masai Mara, Kenya

Fauna[18] includes the cheetah, leopard, lion,[19] Nile crocodile, hyena, Lichtenstein's hartebeest and white rhinoceros.

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Though this reference[4] includes Namibia, it was previously referred to as "Southwest Africa",[5] due to its location.
  2. ↑ East Africa at least partially includes Northeast Africa.[6][7]
  3. ↑ Southern Africa includes what was known as Southwest Africa.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Axworthy, Mary (2004). Sowell, Teri L., ed. Asking for Eyes: The Visual Voice of Southeast Africa. University Art Gallery, San Diego State University. ISBN 0937097012.
  2. ↑ Wieschhoff, H. A. (2013). The Zimbabwe-Monomotapa Culture in Southeast Africa. Literary Licensing L. L. C. ISBN 1494009935.
  3. 1 2 Schlebusch, C. M.; Prins, F.; Lombard, M.; Jakobsson, M.; Soodyall, H. "The disappearing San of southeastern Africa and their genetic affinities". National Center for Biotechnology Information. doi:10.1007/s00439-016-1729-8. PMC 5065584. PMID 27651137.
  4. ↑ "Southeastern Africa: South Africa, Mozambique, Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Swaziland, Namibia, and Malawi", World Wildlife Fund, retrieved 2018-04-30
  5. 1 2 Turok, Ben (1990). Witness from the frontline: aggression and resistance in Southern Africa. Institute for African Alternatives. p. 86. ISBN 187042512X.
  6. ↑ Jama, Abdillahi H. (2002). "11". Values in Islamic culture and the experience of history. pp. 303–322. ISBN 1135434166.
  7. ↑ Bechaus-Gerst, Marianne; Blench, Roger (2014). "11". In Kevin MacDonald. The Origins and Development of African Livestock: Archaeology, Genetics, Linguistics and Ethnography - "Linguistic evidence for the prehistory of livestock in Sudan" (2000). Routledge. p. 453. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
  8. ↑ Klopper, S., Conru, K., and Nel, K. (2002). The Art of Southeast Africa: From the Conru Collection. Harry N. Abrams. ISBN 8874390017.
  9. ↑ "Malawi", Merriam-Webster, retrieved 2018-04-29
  10. 1 2 3 "Bantu Ethnicity in South East Africa: From Kenya to the Southern Tip of Africa". Ancestry.com. Retrieved 2018-04-29.
  11. ↑ "Mozambique", Merriam-Webster, retrieved 2018-04-29
  12. ↑ "Tracing African Roots: Exploring the Ethnic Origins of the Afro-Diaspora". Tracing African Roots. Retrieved 2018-04-29.
  13. ↑ Fry, Kathie. "Southeast African Countries". Do It In Africa. Retrieved 2018-04-19.
  14. ↑ Irele 2010
  15. ↑ "Freshwater Fish Species in Lake Malawi (Nyasa) [Southeast Africa]". Fishbase.org. Mongabay. 2001-11-15. Retrieved 2016-12-09.
  16. 1 2 Douglas, John (Summer 1998). "Malawi: The Lake of Stars". Travel Africa (4). Archived from the original on 2009-01-14. Retrieved 22 August 2008.
  17. ↑ "Limpopo River", Encyclopædia Britannica, retrieved 2018-04-29
  18. 1 2 Selous, F. C. (2011). "XXV". Travel and Adventure in South-East Africa. New York: Cambridge University Press. p. 445. ISBN 1108031161.
  19. ↑ Jackson, D. (2010). "Introduction". Lion. London: Reaktion Books. pp. 1–21. ISBN 1861897359.


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