David Beach (historian)
| David Norman Beach | |
|---|---|
| Born |
28 June 1943 Midlands, United Kingdom |
| Died | 15 February 1999 |
| Fields |
History of Zimbabwe Oral history |
| Institutions |
University of Cape Town University of Zimbabwe[1] |
| Alma mater | University of Cape Town |
| Known for | Precolonial history of the Mashona[2] |
David Norman Beach (1943–1999) was a Zimbabwean historian.[1] He worked at the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the University of Zimbabwe and pioneered the documentation of oral traditions in Zimbabwe.[2] In his work on Great Zimbabwe, Beach has promoted the interpretation of the different complexes as dwellings of successive rulers, opposing the structuralist tradition favoured by historians such as Huffman.[3]
References
- 1 2 Malaba, M.Z. (1999). "David Norman Beach, 1943—1999". Africa. Edinburgh University Press. 69 (3): 448–449. JSTOR 1161217.
- 1 2 Pikirayi, I (1999). "David Beach, Shona history and the archaeology of Zimbabwe" (PDF). Zambezia. Harare: University of Zimbabwe. 26: 135–144. ISSN 0379-0622.
- ↑ Beach, David (1998). "Cognitive Archaeology and Imaginary History at Great Zimbabwe". Current Anthropology. 39: 47. doi:10.1086/204698.
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