The Cretaceous Fossils of South-Central Africa: an illustrated guide

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. R. Cooper
Keyword(s):  
Central Africa ◽  
South Central ◽  
Cretaceous Fossils

Pycreus rubidomontanus (Cyperaceae), a widespread but undescribed species from tropical West Africa

Phytotaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 405 (2) ◽  
pp. 83
Author(s):  
FILIP VERLOOVE ◽  
JANE BROWNING ◽  
ATTILA MESTERHÁZY
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
West Africa ◽  
Endemic Species ◽  
Central Africa ◽  
Similar Species ◽  
Undescribed Species ◽  
South Central ◽  
Rare Endemic ◽  
A New Species

Pycreus rubidomontanus is described as a new species. It is relatively widespread in tropical West Africa where it had been confused up to present with P. atrorubidus, a very rare endemic species from Zambia in south-central Africa that probably is known only from the type gathering. Differences between these and other similar species are discussed and the new species is copiously illustrated.

HOMING ABILITY AND TERRITORIAL REPLACEMENT IN SOME FOREST BIRDS IN SOUTH-CENTRAL AFRICA

Ostrich ◽  
1986 ◽  
Vol 57 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-31 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. J. Dowsett ◽  
F. Dowsett-Lemaire
Keyword(s):  
Central Africa ◽  
Forest Birds ◽  
South Central

The Origin, Formation and Early History of the Chikunda of South Central Africa

1972 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 443-461 ◽  
Author(s):  
Allen Isaacman
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Historical Linguistic ◽  
Cultural Differences ◽  
Ethnic Groups ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Central Africa ◽  
Military History ◽  
Early History ◽  
South Central ◽  
History Of

Although historians have examined the process of pre-colonial political integration, little attention has been paid to the complementary patterns of ethnic and cultural assimilation. The Chikunda, who were initially slaves on the Zambezi prazos, provide an excellent example of this phenomenon. Over the course of several generations, captives from more than twenty ethnic groups submerged their historical, linguistic, and cultural differences to develop a new set of institutions and a common identity. The decline of the prazo system during the first half of the nineteenth century generated large scale migrations of Chikunda outside of the lower Zambezi valley. They settled in Zumbo, the Luangwa valley and scattered regions of Malawi where they played an important role in the nineteenth-century political and military history of south central Africa.

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