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Index

Abidjan (capital)

,

Aboenésiwa (fishing settlement)

Aboisso (Sanwi market town)

Aby Lagoon

,

,

,

Accra (capital)

,

–

,

–

,

n

acephalous, see state

Adusuazo (fortified outpost)

,

,

Afonso v (ruler of Portugal)

Afro-Portuguese

,

Luso-Africans

–

,

,

,

–

lançados

Adriatic sea

de Almada, André Álvares (lançado)

Akan (group of peoples)

,

Akembie (ruler of the Namaqua)

–

Akey

Namaqua

Ala Kwao (son of Amun Ndufu II)

Alakamessa, M. M. (Sous Lieutenant Indigène of the Tirailleurs Sénégalais)

Allen, William (Methodist Missionary)

Alɔnwɔba (matrifamily)

,

Alps (mountains)

,

,

–

,

,

Amakye I, Koasi Amakye (ruler of Beyin)

,

–

,

Amanzule lake

amaXhosa

,

,

,

,

isiXhosa (Xhosa), language

,

America

,

Amihyia Kpanyinli (ruler of Nzema)

–

Amsterdam (port settlement)

Amun Ndufu II (ruler of Sanwi)

,

–

,

Anglo-French Agreement of 1893

Anglo-French convention of 14 June 1898

Anglo-French joint commissions for the delimitation of the border, between Gold Coast and Côte d’Ivoire

Angola (colony)

,

,

Anjessoe (fishing settlement)

,

Aziessa

Ankobra River

–

,

–

Annor Adjaye I (ruler of Beyin)

Annor Adjaye II (ruler of Beyin)

Anyi (kingdom)

Anyi (matrifamily)

Anyinasie (settlement)

Aosta (mountain settlement)

Aowin (kingdom)

,

,

–

,

,

,

,

apartheid

,

Appenines (mountains)

Appolonia, see Nzema

Arabia (Roman imperial province)

Arabic (language)

,

,

,

Arbousset, Thomas (missionary and explorer)

,

armoury/gunpowder magazine

,

–

Arrowsmith, John (geographer)

–

Asanta (fortified outpost)

Asante (kingdom)

,

,

,

–

,

–

,

–

,

,

Asiwaju, Anthony Ijaola (historian)

,

–

,

,

,

Assini (kingdom)

–

,

,

,

–

,

–

,

–

Assini (capital)

,

–

,

,

,

,

–

French residency at

,

,

–

,

,

‘Great Assini’

–

,

Awiane

;

Esuma

Assoho, (island and deity)

,

,

,

,

Assongu

,

,

,

,

,

Atlantic Ocean

,

–

,

,

,

,

–

,

,

,

,

Atlantic coast of Africa

,

,

–

,

,

,

,

–

,

,

–

,

,

,

–

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

Atɔkpala (ruler of Sanwi)

,

Atuabo (capital)

,

,

Aukokoa, see Einiqua

Augrabies Falls

,

,

–

,

–

,

,

,

Austria (modern state)

,

Ostmark (Carolinginan Eastern March)

Ostarrichi (Ottonian eastern command)

Avolenu, (salt-making border settlement)

,

–

,

,

Newtown

,

–

,

,

–

Awiane (kingdom)

–

,

–

Awiane (market settlement and fortified outpost)

–

,

–

,

,

,

–

,

Awieleɛ

Half Assini

,

,

,

,

Assini

;

Esuma

Awieleɛ, see Awiane

Axim (capital)

,

,

Azanwule (matrifamily)

Aziessa, see Anjessoe

Bachapins, see Batlhaping

Baker, Robert (trade and explorer)

Bakgalagadi (community, known today as Bakhalahari)

Balanta (community)

Bandama River

Bantu

‘race’

,

,

–

,

–

,

‘Kafir’ (racist slur)

,

genetics

–

,

–

languages and linguistics

,

,

–

,

,

migraton theory and ‘Bantu waves of migration’

,

,

,

–

,

–

,

,

,

Bapedi (community)

travellers

Bopedi (kingdom)

Barend, Anan (Dutch interpreter)

–

Barend, Claas (trader and hunter)

–

,

,

,

,

, also Claas Bastaard

Barolong (community)

,

–

,

–

,

–

,

–

,

,

Land of Tau (kingdom)

–

,

,

,

–

,

–

,

,

,

–

,

borders

–

,

,

capital

kgosi (title for ruler)

,

,

–

,

wars for Orange River trade

,

–

,

–

,

royal dinasty

,

,

,

,

Briqua

,

Chory-Eyquas

,

Tau

de Barros, Manuel (missionary)

,

Basakɛ (garrison town)

Basotho (community)

Lesotho (kingdom)

,

–

pass for migrants

Sesotho (language)

,

,

,

Bastaard, Claas, see Barend, Claas

Bathlaping, see Batlhaping

Batlhaping (community)

,

,

,

,

–

,

–

,

–

,

,

,

–

, also Bachapins,

; Bathlaping

capital

,

,

–

kgosi (title for ruler)

,

,

kingdom

–

trade and mining

–

,

,

,

–

Briqua

,

Gyzikoa

,

Batswana

Batswana, also Tswana (community)

,

,

–

,

,

,

,

,

,

; also Bechuana

–

; Bitjoana

,

,

; Moetjoana

‘Moetjoeanas Huijshouding’

‘Bōōtshooānâs’

Botswana (modern state)

,

Setswana (language)

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

–

, also SeChwana

Sotho-Tswana migrations and mixing

,

–

Briqua

,

Batlhaping

,

Gyzikoa

Bayonne treaty

BeChuana, see Batswana

Bechuana, see Batswana

Belgium (modern state)

–

Belinbangara Lagoon

Benin (modern state)

Benin (kingdom)

,

–

,

–

creeks

,

Edo, also Benin City (capital)

–

,

–

,

,

forests

,

–

,

,

iya (walls and ditches)

–

,

oba (title for ruler)

–

,

,

,

–

Olokun (god or orisa of the sea)

–

Ogiso (first royal dynasty)

roads

,

–

,

–

trade

,

,

–

Ughoton, also Gwato, Goto (the threshold port)

,

–

,

–

Beseguichi (ruler in Senegambia)

–

Beyin (Appolonia royal town)

–

,

,

–

,

,

–

,

–

Bia River

,

,

–

,

Bialɛ rivulet

Biafada (community)

,

Bidassoa River

Bijagó (community)

Bilad el-Sudan, see Guinea

Bile Kofi (courtier, kpɔmavole, spokesman of Amakye I)

–

Birina, see Briqua

Bissoo (local ruler of Cape Coast)

–

Bitjoana, see Batswana , see Briqua

Black Sea

Bleek, Wilhelm (linguist)

,

,

Blicq, see Briqua

Blip, see Briqua

Bloch, Marc (historian)

,

Boa Kpanyinli (ruler of Nzema)

–

Boilat, P.-D., Abbot

–

Boko Haram

–

,

–

,

,

,

Bonyere (settlement)

Bopedi, see Bapedi

Bourg-la-Reine (suburb of Paris)

Bourguignon d’Anville, Jean-Baptiste (geographer)

–

border

border studies

–

,

,

,

,

borderland

,

–

,

,

,

,

,

,

–

,

,

,

–

,

,

–

,

–

,

,

borderities

,

–

,

–

boundary

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

–

,

–

,

–

,

,

,

–

,

–

,

,

,

,

–

,

–

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

closed border

,

,

,

,

confine

linear vs zonal border

,

–

,

,

–

,

,

,

,

,

natural border, also natural frontier

,

,

–

,

,

–

open border

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

porous border

,

–

,

,

,

,

,

–

,

Bantu

,

border of race

;

frontier

;

limes

,

threshold

borderland, see border

borderities, see border

Botswana, see Batswana

boundary, see border

Brenthurst Library

Bretignere, Amédée (explorer and trader)

–

Brigondj, see Briqua

Brigoudys, see Briqua

Brikwa, see Briqua

Brink, Carel Frederick (explorer and trader)

Briqua (community, probably the Batlhaping section of the Barolong, but also a general term for Batswana)

–

,

,

,

–

,

,

,

–

,

–

,

; also Birina

; Blip

,

,

; Blicq

; Brigondj

; Brigoudys

; Brikwa

–

; Bryckje

,

Briqua Road

,

–

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

‘groot Heer’

‘goat people’

marriages with Gyzikoa

,

smallpox containment

,

‘vaste plaatsen’

Batlhaping

,

Batswana

,

Gyzikoa

British empire

–

,

,

–

,

,

,

,

in Benin

–

,

–

in the Gold Coast

–

,

,

,

–

,

,

,

–

,

–

,

,

,

–

,

,

–

,

,

–

,

–

,

–

,

–

in Nigeria

,

–

,

–

,

–

,

–

,

–

,

in southern Africa

–

,

–

,

,

,

,

–

,

in Togoland

,

–

,

–

,

–

on the lake Chad

–

,

England

Brittany (Carolingian march)

–

Roland (Franksih paladin and count of Brittany)

–

Bryckje, see Briqua

broker

.

interpreter

Brun, Samuel (explorer)

Buduma (community)

Burchell, William John (explorer and naturalist)

–

,

,

–

,

–

Burkina Faso (modern state)

,

,

,

,

,

Upper Volta (French colony)

,

‘Bushmen’ (racist slur), see San

Cadamosto, Alvise (navigator)

–

,

,

,

Caledon River, see Mohokare River

Cameroon (modern state)

,

,

–

,

–

,

–

blurred citizenship

–

British Cameroon (mandate)

Camissons, see Cumissoquas

Cantor (town)

Cape Appolonia

,

Cape Colony

,

,

,

–

,

–

,

,

Castle of Good Hope

,

Fort of Good Hope (before 1679)

,

Northern Cape

,

–

,

,

Northern Frontier

–

,

,

Cape Bojador

,

,

Cape Nun

Cape Town (capital and port settlement)

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

–

,

,

,

–

Cape Verde Islands

cartography

,

,

,

–

maps

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

–

,

,

,

,

–

,

,

,

–

,

,

–

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

Castle of Good Hope, see Cape Colony

Castor (interpreter of the post of Assini)

Catalonia (Carolingian march)

–

Marca Hispanica

–

Charlemagne (emperor of Holy Roman Empire)

Cederberg mountains

central plateau, see highveld

Cerdanya (county on the Pyrenees)

,

Cestos river

–

Chad (lake)

,

,

,

–

,

–

,

–

Chad (modern state)

,

–

,

–

,

–

,

–

,

,

–

Chambéry (capital)

Chariguriqua, see Griqua

Chochoquas, see Khoe

Chory-Eyquas (community, probably the royal section of the Barolong)

Christianity

–

,

,

,

,

,

Claudius, Heinrich, (voc officer, apothecary, and botanist)

–

,

–

Colonel Tyrrell (British officer and surveryor)

,

colonialism

,

,

,

,

,

,

–

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

and borders

,

,

–

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

–

,

,

,

,

,

,

–

,

,

–

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

–

,

,

,

,

;

border

Greek colonisation

metropole

,

,

,

‘Scramble for Africa’

,

,

,

Colonne-Joux, see joux

Colony of the Cape of Good Hope, see Cape Colony

commerce, see trade

Common Law

Comoé River

Company Waggons’ Drift, (ford)

,

,

; also Ramans Drift

–

; Haraxas,

; Knorhaan,

confine, see border

Copperberg (mountains)

Côte d’Ivoire (modern state)

,

,

,

,

,

–

,

–

,

–

,

,

–

,

,

Côte d’Ivoire (colony)

,

,

–

,

,

,

cowry (shell)

–

,

,

–

,

,

,

area, also zone

,

,

,

,

,

,

as currency, also money

–

,

,

–

,

–

,

,

–

,

–

colonial bans on circulation and import

–

,

,

,

,

depreciation

,

–

,

–

,

–

,

great inflation theory

–

,

–

multiplicity

,

,

,

oversupply

,

–

survival

,

,

–

currency

Cooper, James Fenimore (novelist)

control

–

,

,

–

,

,

,

,

,

–

,

,

,

,

,

–

,

,

,

,

–

,

–

,

,

,

,

–

,

,

,

–

,

–

,

,

,

,

,

,

–

,

–

,

–

,

,

,

–

,

–

,

–

,

,

–

,

–

,

–

,

,

,

,

colonial control

,

,

–

,

–

,

–

,

control of movement

,

–

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

territorial control

,

,

–

state

;

territory

creeks

,

,

cromlech

–

,

,

crossing

crossing the border

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

–

,

,

,

,

–

,

crossing the river

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

–

,

–

place of crossing

,

line

;

passage

;

threshold

crossroads

,

,

,

,

,

Cruickshank, Brodie (explorer and traveller)

,

–

Cumissoquas (community, probably the Einiqua)

Camissons

‘sweet water people’

currency

colonial currency

,

,

–

,

,

commodity money

–

,

,

fiduciary money

–

,

,

,

–

single

,

cowry

Cymru (Wales)

de Marca, Pierre (jurist and historian)

Dadié, Bernard (playwright)

Dadié, Gabriel (planter)

Darricau, Rodolphe A. (commander of the French post at Assini)

Delisle, Guillaume (geographer)

Delmas, Adrien, (historian)

–

Denmark, (modern state)

Dane March (Carolingian march)

Dépêche de Toulouse (French journal)

Diamond Fields, see Griqualand West , see Kimberley

Dissou (town and gold-rich district)

–

,

Dooling, Wayne (historian)

–

,

drift, see ford

D’Urban, Sir Benjamin (governor of the Cape Colony)

Dutch (language) see Netherlands

Dutch National Archives

Dyula, also Juula (community of traders)

,

Dwɛnye Lagoon, also Dwen, Juen, Tando

–

,

,

,

,

–

,

–

Dwen, see Dwɛnye Lagoon

Ɛzoa Kpanyinli (ruler of Nzema)

Ɛzoa Kyi (ruler of Nzema)

–

ɛzɔbɛ tree (border mark)

,

Ebuloni Tanoɛ (military leader)

Edo, see Benin

Edobo

Egharevba, Jacob, (historian)

,

,

–

,

Ein, also Eijn, see Orange River

Einiqua (community)

–

,

,

–

,

,

,

,

,

–

,

; also Eynikkoa

,

‘People of the River’

,

Namnykoa

,

Aukokoa

,

,

Ehy Lagoon

Elenda (settlement)

Elima Plantation

–

Eloni River

Elubo (settlement)

Engelbrecht, Jan Anthonie (anthropologist)

–

England (modern state)

,

,

,

,

,

–

,

–

,

–

,

,

English (language)

,

,

–

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

Old English (language)

British empire

Enlightenment

,

Enns River

environment

–

,

,

,

,

–

,

,

,

–

,

–

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

Eotilé, see Ewuture

Esuma (community)

–

van Esveldt, Wed. (geographer)

Etherington, Norman (historian)

,

Etikobo ii (garrison Town)

–

Europe

,

,

,

,

–

,

,

,

,

,

,

–

,

,

,

,

,

,

–

Eugene iv (pope)

Ewuture, also Eotilé, also Mekyibo (community)

,

–

,

–

expedition

–

,

,

,

,

,

,

–

,

,

,

,

–

,

,

,

–

,

,

,

–

,

,

,

,

–

,

–

,

,

,

exploration

,

,

,

,

,

explorer

,

,

,

–

,

,

,

,

,

,

Eyessuru stream

,

Eyin or Eyra, see Orange River

Eynikkoa, see Einiqua

Eyra (ruler of the ‘Bryckje’)

,

Orange River

,

Briqua

family

,

,

,

–

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

–

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

marriage

,

,

,

,

,

,

–

,

,

,

,

,

–

,

,

,

–

,

matrifamily

,

marriage strategies

Ferreira, João (lançado)

–

Firminger, Reginald E. (British commissioner)

First World War

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

ford

,

–

,

–

,

,

,

,

–

drift

,

,

–

,

forest

,

,

,

,

–

,

,

,

,

,

–

,

,

,

–

,

,

,

,

,

joux

,

mork

,

granica

,

limes

France (modern state)

–

,

–

,

–

,

–

,

–

,

,

,

,

,

,

–

,

,

–

,

,

,

–

,

,

borders

–

,

–

,

–

,

French colonialism in West Africa

,

,

,

–

;

,

–

,

,

French colonialism in Central Africa

–

,

,

French (language)

,

Francia (Carolingian kingdom)

,

Frank & Andrew Swanzy’s Merchant House

,

freedom

,

,

,

–

,

–

,

,

,

–

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

–

,

,

–

,

,

,

,

–

,

,

,

,

–

free passage

,

,

,

,

–

for free

,

,

,

‘freedom of the country’

‘Genealogies of African Freedoms’

,

,

–

borderities

Friuli (march and duchy)

,

,

frontier, also

,

,

–

,

,

–

,

,

,

–

,

,

,

,

–

,

,

,

–

,

,

–

,

,

–

,

–

,

,

,

–

,

,

,

,

–

,

African internal frontier

–

American frontier

–

,

frontera, also frontier, also frontiera

,

colonial frontier

border

Funteh, Mark Bolak (historian)

,

||gama-daos (ford)

–

,

||kamab-daos, also Hartebeest Ford, also ‘water passage’

Gambia, the (modern state)

,

,

Gambia River

,

,

,

,

–

,

,

!Garib, see Orange River

Gassiqua, see Gyzikoa

gateway, also gate

,

,

–

,

–

,

,

,

,

|Geisikwa, see Gyzikoa

Geissiqua, see Gyzikoa

Geissiqua Klip Poort (mountain pass)

–

van Gennep, Arnold (anthropologist)

,

–

,

–

,

,

,

–

,

,

,

margin

,

threshold

Germany (modern state and pre-unification)

–

,

,

,

–

,

,

,

,

–

,

,

,

,

,

,

colonialism in West Africa

–

,

–

,

,

,

,

–

,

–

,

,

–

,

German (language)

,

,

Old High German (language)

,

Gert Links (ruler of the !Korana)

Geyry-Eyquas, see Chory-Eyquas

Ghaap plateau

,

Ghana (empire)

–

Ghana (modern state)

–

,

,

,

–

,

,

,

–

,

–

,

–

,

,

–

,

,

,

,

,

,

–

,

–

,

.

Gold Coast

Gheyssiquois, see Gyzikoa

Goedous Opening (mountain pass)

,

Gold Coast (colony)

–

,

,

–

,

,

,

,

–

,

–

,

,

,

,

,

–

,

,

,

.

Ghana

Gomes de Sintra, Diogo (explorer and diplomat)

,

–

Gordon, Robert Jacob (soldier, naturalist, and explorer)

,

–

,

,

–

,

–

,

,

,

,

,

–

,

–

,

–

,

‘Atlas’

,

,

Grand Bassam (settlement)

granica, see grenze

Grant, Alexander Capt. (district commissioner)

Great Assini (settlement), see Assini

Great Fish River

Great River or Grootrivier see Orange River

Great Saint Bernard (mountain pass)

Great Trek

,

trekboers

voortrekkers

,

grenze

,

granica

border

Greenwich Meridian

Grigriqua, see Griqua

Griqua (community)

,

–

,

,

,

,

Chariguriqua

Grigriqua

,

Griqualand West

,

–

,

,

Diamon Fields

,

–

Kimberley

;

twinning

Griquatown, also ‘Gatee-t’Kamma, Griekwastad, Klaarwater (settlement)

,

Gū-daos Drift (ford)

,

,

‘Sheep Path’

,

Guinea (modern state and region)

,

,

,

,

Bilad el-Sudan

‘Land of the Blacks’

,

,

Upper Guinea

,

–

,

,

,

–

Gyaman (kingdom)

Gysikoa, see Gyzikoa

Gyzikoa (community)

,

–

,

,

,

,

–

,

–

,

,

,

,

,

,

–

,

,

–

,

–

; also Gassiquas,

,

–

;|Geisikwa,

; Geissiqua,

–

,

,

,

; Gheyssiquois,

–

; Gysikoa,

–

hybridisation and mixedness

–

,

,

,

threshold community

,

–

,

,

,

,

,

,

‘tweelingkraal’ also ‘tweelingvolk’, twin-folk, twin-kraal,

,

,

–

,

Batlhaping

,

Briqua

,

twinning

Hadrian’s Wall

Half Assini, see Awiane

Hall, Sydney, geographer

Hantam (region)

,

,

Hantam Road

,

,

Hanto Taaibosch (ruler of the !Korana)

Haraxas, see Company Waggons’ Drift

Hartebeest Ford, see ||gama-daos

Hartebeest River

,

||kamab

Harts River

,

,

–

Hausa (community)

,

,

Henry, ‘the Navigator’ (prince of Portugal)

,

Herero (language, properly Otjiherero)

Hessequas (community)

–

highveld

,

,

,

,

,

–

Hoare, Capt. (commercial agent)

Holtrop (geographer)

‘Hottentot’, see Khoe

Hoover, J.Edgar (head of FBI),

Houphouët-Boigny, Felix (president of Côte d’Ivoire)

,

Hop, Hendrik (explorer and trader)

Hosabes Drift (ford)

–

,

Vondeling

Hosabes rapids

Howard, Allen (historian)

,

,

Humphreys, A. (archaeologist)

,

Hungarians (community)

Hutton, A. C. (trader)

Hutton, William (trader and explorer)

Ibadan (capital)

,

infrastructure

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

Indian Ocean

,

,

,

,

,

Indo-European migrations

interpreter

,

,

,

,

–

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

línguas

,

,

tangomaos

,

,

isiZulu, also Zulu (language)

Islam

,

–

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

Muslim traders

,

–

,

Islamic State in the West African Province (ISWAP)

Island of the Conference, see Pheasant Island

islands

–

,

,

,

,

,

–

,

–

,

,

,

,

–

,

,

,

–

,

,

Italy (modern state and pre-unitarian states)

,

,

,

–

,

–

,

,

,

,

borders

–

,

–

Italian (language)

,

,

,

Jacobs, Nancy (historian)

,

–

,

Jakhanke (community of traders)

,

Johannesburg (mining settlement)

Jolof Confederation

Jomoro Municipal Assembly

jor

joux

Colonne-Joux

–

,

Mont-Joux

Jura

,

jor.

Judaism

–

Juen, see Dwɛnye Lagoon

Jura (mountains)

Juula, see Dyula

Kabaas Mountains

Kabenla Ezua (inhabitant of Adusuazo)

Kaku Aka (ruler of Nzema)

,

–

,

Kalahari Desert

,

,

,

,

,

,

||kamab-daos, see ||gama-daos

Kanem-Bornu (kingdom)

,

Kanuri (community)

–

Karoo

,

,

Kat River Settlement

Kea, Ray (historian)

Khoe, also Khoikhoi (community)

,

,

,

–

,

,

,

,

,

–

,

,

Khoekhoegowab (language)

,

,

,

,

–

,

‘border of race’

–

‘Hottentot’/‘Hottentoo’ (racist slur)

,

,

,

,

–

,

–

,

,

,

,

,

Chochoquas

Einiqua

,

Namaqua

Khoikhoi, see Khoe

Kimberley (mining settlement)

Klaarwater, see Griquatown

Klip Poort (mountain pass)

Knorhaan, see Company Waggons Drift

Kodwo Hɔba Kyi

Kolb, Peter (astronomer)

Konan Bedié (president of Côte d’Ivoire)

Konkomba (community)

,

–

,

–

,

,

–

,

–

and the Oti river

,

–

,

,

–

as ‘the Irish’ of Togoland

Kopytoff, Igor (anthropologist)

,

–

,

–

!Korana (community)

,

–

,

,

–

,

,

,

,

–

,

,

,

–

,

; also Korannas,

–

; Korakkoa,

,

,

; Koraqua,

–

,

; Koriquois,

Links, also Left Hand

–

masters in trade

migration of

–

swimmers

,

Taaibosch, also Right Hand

–

Korakkoa, see !Korana

Koraqua, see !Korana

Koraqua Poort (mountain pass)

–

Koriquois, see !Korana

Kornaar, also Zanddrift (ford)

Krinjabo (Sanwi royal town)

–

Kuruman (settlement)

,

,

,

,

,

,

–

Kuruman River

,

,

,

,

,

–

Kunapsoopo (ruler of the !Korana)

–

,

Kyena Koame (ruler of Nzema)

Lagos (capital and port settlement)

–

,

–

,

lançados

–

,

,

–

.

Afro-Portuguese

Landau, Paul (historian)

–

,

,

,

Land of Tau, see Barolong

landscape

,

–

,

,

,

–

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

Langeberg, also Langebergen (mountains)

Latin (language)

,

,

,

–

,

–

Lake Chad Basin Commission (LCBC),

,

,

,

Lech River

Legassick, Martin (historian)

,

,

–

,

Leitha River

Le Maire, Jacob (navigator)

Lesotho, see Basotho

liberty, see freedom

Lichtenstein, Hinrich (explorer and naturalist)

,

,

Liebenberg, Elri (historian)

limen, see threshold

limes

,

–

,

,

–

,

–

,

,

,

,

as connection

as militarized border

–

,

as military road

border

,

frontier

,

march

Lindley, Augustus

–

line

,

–

,

,

,

–

,

,

–

,

–

,

,

,

,

,

–

,

,

–

,

–

,

,

–

,

,

,

,

–

,

,

,

,

,

,

–

,

,

,

–

crossing the line

,

,

–

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

–

drawing the line

,

–

,

,

–

,

–

,

,

,

,

–

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

–

following the line

perimeter

–

,

threshold

línguas, see interpreter

Links, see !Korana

Lisbon (capital)

Little Saint Bernard (mountain pass)

–

,

–

,

,

Lombards (community and kingdom)

–

,

London (capital and port settlement)

,

,

,

,

,

–

Louis XIV (ruler of France)

,

Louis XVI (ruler of France)

Luso-Africans, see Afro-Portuguese

M’brati (settlement)

Maclean, George (trader)

–

Mafolɛ (matrifamily)

Mahoa (settlement)

Maingard, Louis (linguist and ethnographer)

,

–

,

Malagueta Coast

Mali (empire)

,

,

–

,

Mali (modern state)

,

Maloti Mountains

,

–

,

Mandela, Nelson (president of South Africa)

Mandinka (community of traders)

–

,

,

map, see cartography

march (carolongian military border)

–

,

; also marca,

–

,

; marcha,

; mark,

; marka

–

,

–

,

; marque,

,

; mearc,

; mork,

Marche (Italian region)

Mercia (kingdom)

,

the Marches (English region)

,

‘neutral band’

,

Austria

,

Brittany

;

Catalonia

;

Denmark

,

limes

,

frontier

margin

,

,

–

,

,

–

,

–

,

,

–

centre of the

,

,

,

–

,

–

ontological meaning

–

oscillation of the

–

marge

–

,

–

margem

,

market, see trade

Maria Teresa (Spanish infanta)

marriage, see family

Martin, Charles Louis Gabriel (Sergeant of the Tiralleurs Sénégalais)

Martin, Gustave (Captain and commander of the French post, Assini)

Masopha (regional ruler of Lesotho)

Massow Rijt Taaibosch (ruler of the !Korana)

–

Matthews, John (explorer)

Mediterranean sea

,

,

,

,

Mekyibo, see Ewuture

migration

,

,

–

,

,

,

,

–

,

,

,

,

,

,

–

,

migrants

,

,

,

–

,

,

,

,

–

Bantu

missionaries

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

mobility

,

,

,

,

,

–

,

,

,

,

,

–

,

,

–

,

–

,

,

Mockey, Jean-Baptiste (Côte d’Ivoire Nzema politician and nationalist)

–

Moetjooana, see Batswana

Mohokare River

–

,

,

–

; also Caledon River

,

–

Molehabangwe (ruler of the Batlhaping)

,

; also ‘Minehawang’

,

–

,

Molema, Seetsele Modiri (historian)

,

–

Molopo River

,

–

money, see currency

monopoly

,

,

,

,

Mont-aux-sources, see Phofung

Mont-Joux, see joux

Mopeli (regional ruler of Lesotho)

,

Morava River

Morelli, Ettore

,

mork, see march

Moshoeshoe (ruler of Lesotho)

–

Mossop, E.E.

,

mountain pass

,

,

–

,

,

,

–

,

–

,

,

poort

–

Mouta, Fernando

–

,

,

Mouvement de liberation du Sanwi

Mozambique (modern state)

,

,

Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF)

Mur River

Muslim, see Islam

Mutapa (kingdom)

Namaqua (community)

–

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

–

,

,

–

,

–

,

,

,

–

laws

Great Namaqua

Little Namaqua

Nama (language)

,

,

Namaqualand (region)

,

,

rites of passage

ruler ‘almost an idol’ in 1778

tobacco tax

Namibia (modern state)

,

,

Namnykoa, see Einiqua

Napoleon III (emperor of France)

,

Nagtglas, Cornelius (Dutch Governor)

,

Ndenye (kingdom)

Netherlands, the (modern state)

,

,

in Benin

–

in the Gold Coast

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

–

in southern Africa

,

–

,

–

,

,

–

,

,

,

–

,

–

,

,

,

United Dutch Provinces

,

Dutch (language)

,

,

,

–

,

,

–

,

,

network

cross-border

,

,

,

,

‘Nodes, Networks, Landscapes, and Regions’ (book chapter)

–

,

,

,

,

migration network

military and administrative network

,

–

,

,

,

,

,

,

of alliances

,

,

road network

,

,

,

,

,

–

,

,

,

,

,

social network

–

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

–

,

,

trade network

,

–

,

,

,

,

–

,

–

,

,

,

,

,

Neuchâtel (Swiss canton)

Neus Island

,

Neus Poort (mountain pass)

Newtown, see Avolenu

Ngatakro

Ngwa, Canute Ambe (historian)

,

,

Nkrumah, Kwame, (president of Ghana)

,

Nicholas V, (pope)

Nieuwveld

Niger River

,

,

,

,

,

Niger (modern state)

,

,

–

,

,

–

,

,

–

,

Nigeria (modern state)

,

,

–

,

,

,

,

,

–

,

–

,

–

,

–

,

node

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

Noka ‘Nchu, see Orange River

Nokana River

Nokaneng, settlement

nomadism

,

,

,

‘semi-nomadism’

,

–

Norman (communities)

Nuba (settlement)

Nu !Garib, see Orange River

Nugent, Paul (historian)

,

,

–

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

Nugua, also Nougoua

,

,

Nyanzu Aka I (ruler of Appolonia)

,

,

,

Nyanzu Aka II (ruler of Beyin)

Nzema Maanle Council

Nzema (community and kingdom)

,

–

,

–

,

–

,

–

,

; also Appolonia (European name)

–

,

–

,

Asante trade in

belemgbunli (title for ruler)

,

British expedition against

borders

,

–

,

–

,

–

capital

–

fishing

,

,

,

–

fortified border

–

,

–

,

gold fields

–

,

,

,

Nzema (language)

relations with British empire

–

,

–

,

–

,

relations with France

–

,

–

,

,

,

–

,

–

,

relations with the Netherlands

,

–

salt-making

,

,

–

threshold

,

wars with Sanwi

–

wars with Aowin and Wassa

wars with Wassa and Axim

words for border and frontier

Nzimitianu (settlement)

Ocran, Lee (Nzema politician and businessman in Ghana)

Oedasoa (ruler of the Chochoquas Khoe)

–

Ogiso, see Benin

Ewuare, also Ogun (ruler of Benin)

,

,

,

Okawango River and Delta

Old High German, see Germany

Oliphants River

,

Olokun, see Benin

Orange Free State, state

–

,

Orange River Sovereignty

,

Orange River

,

,

,

–

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

; also Ein, Eyn,

; Eijn

; Eyra,

,

,

; Great River,

–

,

,

,

,

–

,

–

,

–

,

–

,

,

–

; Grootrivier,

; Noka ‘Nchu,

; Nu Gariep,

; Senqu,

,

; Wilhelmina River,

; ‘Fleuve Large’,

,

–

,

; ‘Fleuve Sans Fin’,

,

,

; floods,

,

–

,

,

islands

,

–

,

,

,

,

mouth

,

network

rapids and whirpools

,

sources

–

trade on

wars for trade

–

Orange River Sovereignty, see Orange Free State

Orsini, Felice

Oti River

,

,

,

,

,

–

,

–

,

,

Otto (ruler of East Francia)

Ouga (San leader)

,

,

–

Paris (capital)

,

,

,

Palestina (Roman imperial province)

Paris (capital)

,

,

,

Parti démocratique de Côte d’Ivoire

passage

,

,

–

,

–

,

,

,

–

,

,

–

,

–

,

–

,

,

,

–

,

,

,

,

,

–

,

,

,

,

,

,

–

,

–

,

,

–

,

–

,

,

,

–

,

,

–

andersmaak

passage matériel

,

,

,

passenger

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

place of passage

,

,

–

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

–

rites of passage

,

,

,

threshold

passport

,

–

,

,

letters of passports

colonial pass

–

Native Pass Law

tsela

,

path

,

–

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

Pella (settlement)

Penn, Nigel (historian)

,

,

,

Pheasant Island, also Island of the Conference

–

Phofung, also Mont-aux-sources, Place of the Eland (mountain)

Piedmont (kingdom)

,

Piquetberg (mountains)

place of passage, see passage

Plettenberg, von, (Governor of the Cape Colony)

Portugal (kingdom)

,

,

–

,

–

,

–

,

–

,

,

–

,

,

,

,

,

,

in Upper Guinea

,

–

in Benin

–

Portuguese (language)

navigators and traders

–

,

–

,

,

–

,

–

,

,

–

,

royal family and enterprise

,

–

,

Afro-Portuguese

,

lançados

Prescott, John R. V. (historian)

Prieska, also Priskab (ford)

,

,

,

–

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

Prussia (kingdom)

,

Pyrenees (mountains)

,

,

,

Pyrenees Treaty of 1659

race

,

,

,

,

–

,

–

,

,

–

,

,

rainfall

,

,

Rainolds, Richard

Ramans Drift, see Company Waggons’ Drift

van Reede tot Drakenstein, Hendrik, (VOC commissioner and naturalist)

Revue Celtique (French journal)

Richtersveld (mountains)

,

Rijksmuseum

Rio do Infante

–

.

Great Fish River

;

Umtata River

rites of passage, see passage

river

,

–

,

,

–

,

,

–

,

,

–

,

,

,

,

,

–

,

,

–

,

,

,

–

,

,

–

,

,

–

,

–

,

–

,

,

–

,

–

,

,

–

,

–

,

,

,

–

,

,

–

,

–

,

,

,

–

as border

,

–

,

,

,

,

,

,

–

,

,

–

,

,

,

–

,

,

,

–

,

,

–

,

,

,

–

as homeland

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

–

crossings

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

delta

,

floods

–

,

,

,

–

mouths

,

,

,

,

,

sources

,

–

,

watersheds

,

,

,

road

,

–

,

,

–

,

–

,

,

–

,

–

,

–

,

–

,

–

,

,

,

,

,

–

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

Roland, see Brittany

Robeson, Paul

Roman empire

,

–

.

limes

Rosengarten, Andrea (historian)

,

–

Ross, Robert (historian)

–

,

–

Rühle, Carl, (Commandant of Axim Fort)

Sahara desert

,

,

Sahlins, Peter (anthropologist)

,

–

,

Saint Bernard of Menthon (cleric)

–

Saldanha Bay

San, also Khoisan

,

,

–

,

,

,

–

,

‘Bushmen’ (racist slur)

,

,

,

,

–

,

,

,

,

,

–

Soaqua

‘Nannigai or Mountain-climbers’

swimmers

Sanwi (community and kingdom)

,

–

,

–

,

–

,

–

,

–

borders

,

,

–

,

–

,

–

relations with France

–

,

,

–

,

wars with Nzema

,

,

–

,

–

‘Saracins’

,

Sanhaja

,

,

São Tomé Island

Sassanid empire

Saunders, Christopher (historian)

,

Savoy (Alpine region of)

,

,

Schnerr, Johannes George (Dutch resident of Beyin)

–

Schoenspruit River

seasons

,

,

–

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

–

SeChwana, see Batswana

Sefwi (settlement)

segmentary, see state

Senegal (modern state)

,

Senegal River

,

,

,

–

,

Senegambia

,

,

,

Senqu, see Orange River

settlement, also town, city

,

,

–

,

–

,

,

–

,

,

–

,

,

,

,

–

,

–

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

–

,

–

,

,

–

,

,

,

,

,

–

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

–

,

,

–

,

–

,

,

,

–

,

–

,

,

,

,

,

–

,

Setswana, see Batswana

seuil, see threshold

Shallow Ford

,

Sherbro Island

Siam (kingdom)

Shillington, Kevin (historian)

,

Shona (language)

Shuwa Arabs (community)

,

Smith, Julia M.H.

,

,

Soaqua, see San

Somerville, William, colonial officer and explorer

,

,

–

,

,

,

,

–

Songhay (empire)

,

Soninké (community)

–

Sotho-Tswana, see Sestswana

South African Republic (modern state)

,

,

,

,

,

,

Spain (modern state)

,

–

,

,

borders of

,

Spanish Capuchins in Benin

–

Spanish dollars

Spanish (language)

,

Spear, Thomas (historian)

Spitskop, also T’Koup (mountain)

state

,

–

,

,

–

,

–

,

,

,

,

,

,

–

,

–

,

centre of the, or centralised

,

,

,

–

,

–

,

,

,

,

,

,

–

,

,

,

,

,

degrees of statehood

modern state theory

,

,

,

,

,

periphery

,

,

,

,

,

,

–

,

,

–

,

,

,

sovereignty

,

,

,

,

,

–

,

–

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

–

stateless, or acephalous, or segmentary

,

,

,

–

,

,

–

territory

State of the Church

van der Stel, Simon (commander of the Cape of Good Hope)

–

Stow, George W. (geologist, ethnographer, and archaeologist)

,

–

,

Straat, see ‘Ts Garap road

Strassoldo, Raimondo (historian)

,

–

,

,

,

Syndicat agricole africain

Swanepoel, Sunet (historian)

Taaibosch, see !Korana

Tachard, Guy (Jesuit missionary and scientist)

–

,

–

Tando, see Dwɛnye Lagoon

tangomaos, see interpreter

Tanikyi (Prince John Tanikyi)

,

Tano River

,

,

–

,

–

,

–

,

–

,

,

Tano and Bia Rivers lagoon complex

,

Tau (ruler of the Barolong)

,

,

–

,

–

,

; also Thow,

–

; Tona,

death in 1760

,

Taung, also Touns (settlement)

,

territory

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

–

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

–

,

,

,

,

–

,

,

,

–

,

–

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

–

,

–

,

,

–

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

–

territoriality

,

–

state

,

control

T’Keis (ford)

Theal, George McCall (historian)

,

The Hague (capital)

Thow, see Tau

threshold

,

–

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

–

,

,

,

,

,

,

–

,

,

,

,

,

–

,

,

,

,

–

as the essence of the border

,

–

,

,

as a place of passage

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

commercial threshold

,

migratory threshold

,

–

limen

–

,

,

,

,

–

,

,

,

,

,

,

liminality

–

seuil

,

Togo (modern state)

,

–

,

,

,

,

,

–

,

,

–

,

British mandate

–

,

–

French mandate

,

–

German colony

,

–

,

,

,

–

,

–

,

toll

,

,

,

,

,

,

.

tribute

Tona, see Tau

toponym

trade

,

,

,

,

,

,

–

,

,

,

in Senegambia

–

,

–

,

–

,

–

,

–

on the Lake Chad

,

,

,

,

–

on the Niger River

–

on the Nzema / Assini border

,

,

,

on the Orange River

–

,

,

,

–

,

,

–

,

–

,

–

,

–

,

–

on the Volta River

,

,

,

commerce

,

,

–

,

,

,

,

,

,

market

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

–

,

–

,

,

,

–

,

,

–

,

–

,

,

–

,

–

,

,

,

–

slave trade

,

,

trade network

,

–

,

,

,

–

,

–

,

,

,

trade route

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

traders

,

,

,

,

–

,

–

,

–

,

,

–

,

,

–

,

,

,

,

,

–

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

–

,

,

,

Dyula

,

Jakhanke

,

Gyizikoa

travel

–

,

,

,

,

,

–

,

,

,

–

,

,

–

,

–

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

travellers

,

–

,

–

,

–

,

,

–

,

,

,

,

–

,

,

,

,

–

,

,

,

tribute

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

.

toll

Treich-Laplène, Marcel (explorer)

Truter, Petrus Johannes (explorer and colonial officer)

,

–

,

,

,

,

,

–

‘Ts Garap road, also Straat

,

,

,

–

Tsodilo Hills

,

Tswana, see Batswana

Tugela River

Turin (capital)

Turner, Frederick Jackson (historian)

–

,

–

,

,

Turner, Victor (anthropologist)

–

twinning

–

and marriage

–

,

,

maatschappij, also ‘Matchappees’

moieties, also ‘two parts of a whole’

–

opligbroer, also ‘brother companion’

twin court

,

Ughoton, see Benin

United Dutch Republic, see Netherlands

Umtata River

un (United Nations Organisation)

,

,

–

,

Upington (settlement)

,

,

–

,

Upper Volta, see Burkina Faso

Uwaifiokun (ruler of Benin)

Vaal River

–

,

,

,

–

,

,

–

; also Gij !Garib, Lekoa, Noka e Tsehla,

Le Vaillant, François (exporer and naturalist)

–

,

,

Valentyn, François (geographer)

,

Valsecchi, Pierluigi (historian)

–

,

,

–

,

–

,

,

,

Vandermaelen, Philippe (geographer)

,

Van Riebeeck, Jan, (commander of the Cape of Good Hope)

,

Van Riebeeck Society

Verdier, Arthur (explorer and trader)

–

Vienna forest

Virgin Mary

voc (Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie)

–

,

,

,

Volta River

,

,

,

Vondeling, see Hosabes Drift

Xhosa, see amaXhosa

wall

,

–

,

–

,

,

,

,

,

.

Benin

Westphalia Treaty of 1648,

,

post-Wesphalian system

,

,

Wilhelmina River, see Orange River

Windhoek (capital)

Winniett, William, (Lieutenant of the British Gold Coast Settlements)

Wikar, Hendrik Jacob (explorer and trader)

–

,

,

–

,

–

,

–

,

,

,

,

,

–

,

,

–

,

,

Würtemberg (kingdom)

Yaa Asantewaa (ruler of Asante)

Zak River

Zambesi River

,

Zanddrift, see Kornaar

Zimbabwe (modern state)

Zimbabwean plateau

,

Zulu, see isiZulu .

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African Thresholds: Borders and Places of Passage in Africa, c.1450 to Present

Reihe: Studies in Global Social History, Band: 56/5 und Studies in the Social History of the Global South, Band: 56/5

Cover African Thresholds: Borders and Places of Passage in Africa, <i>c.</i>1450 to Present

ISBN:: 9789004726970

Verleger:: Brill

Print-Publikationsdatum:: 19 Jun 2025

Fachgebiete
- Afrika Studien
  - Geschichte
  - Soziologie & Anthropologie
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