[OSGeo Africa] Maps of sub-saharan African cartography

[Douglas Anderson]

Aaah, hmm, the problem there is that prior to colonialism indigenous people
were illiterate. Apart from rock paintings and engravings I know of no
attempt at drawing maps. Maybe some-one at the Iziko Museum or UCT
archaeological department may assist you?



Yours Sincerely


*Douglas Anderson*

*Ph: +27 (0) 78 751 0159*

On 4 July 2017 at 13:31, Aslam Parker <Aslam.Parker at drdlr.gov.za> wrote:

> Thank you very much Doug, I appreciate the information
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> I am actually looking for evidence of  maps, or depiction of
> space/geography by indigenous people.
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> *From:* Africa [mailto:africa-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] *On Behalf Of *Douglas
> Anderson
> *Sent:* Tuesday, July 04, 2017 1:23 PM
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> *Subject:* Re: [OSGeo Africa] Maps of sub-saharan African cartography
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> Good Afternoon Aslam.
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> There is this map showing the distribution of the Khoi and San peoples in
> the Cape during the early stages of colonization and exploration
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> http://www.oldwynberg.co.za/khoisan.htm
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> A very interesting 'What if' map can be found here
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> http://bigthink.com/strange-maps/africa-uncolonized
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> Showing what Africa may've looked like had colonization by European
> countries not occurred, but it is speculative as Islamic colonization and
> indigenous colonization would alter this map quite considerably.
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> Yours Sincerely
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> *Douglas Anderson*
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> *Ph: +27 (0) 78 751 0159*
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> On 4 July 2017 at 10:34, Chris Berens <chris at mapland.co.za> wrote:
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> Hi Aslam, the closest I have come to an indigenous map is a verbal route
> map or song-line that I heard in 2009 which described a route taken by
> herders from Pella in the northern Cape as they went from waterhole to
> waterhole.  I was able to follow the route during the recitation using your
> 1:250,000 map which had enough named points in common.  Unfortunately we
> did not have a chance to record the audio/video.  The herding route
> (described/sung by Oom Paul Waterboer in Pella) predated the shift in
> ownership in that area.
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> On 4 July 2017 at 08:07, Aslam Parker <Aslam.Parker at drdlr.gov.za> wrote:
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> Hi All
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> Does anyone know of literature or resources that describes the depiction
> of space and/or maps  by African indigenous communities, specifically in
> Southern Africa.
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> Thanks
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> Aslam Parker
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> aslam.parker at drdlr.gov.za
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