Africa Encountered: European Contacts and Evidence, 1450–1700 (Variorum Collected Studies)

Professor Hair’s aim here has been to explore the European written record for the history of Africa south of the Sahara. This effectively began with the arrival of the Portuguese on the Guinea coast and many of these articles focus on Sierra Leone; others extend the enquiry to southern Africa. One particular theme is the use of early vocabularies of African languages as a source for the history of local populations. At the same time, these studies help illuminate the European reaction to the peoples and the places they encountered. Cover 1 Series 3 Half Title 4 Title 6 Copyright 7 Contents 8 Introduction 10 Acknowledgements 15 List of Publications 16 I Discovery and Discoveries: The Portuguese in Guinea, 1444–1650 24 II Protestants as Pirates, Slavers and Proto-missionaries: Sierra Leone 1568 and 1582 42 III The Abortive Portuguese Settlement of Sierra Leone, 1570–1625 64 IV Hamlet in an Afro-Portuguese Setting: New Perspectives on Sierra Leone in 1607 102 V The Spelling and Connotation of the Toponym 'Sierra Leone' since 1461 124 VI The Use of African Languages in Afro-European Contacts in Guinea 1440–1560 140 VII Ethnolinguistic Continuity on the Guinea Coast 162 VIII An Ethnolinguistic Inventory of the Upper Guinea Coast before 1700 185 IX An Ethnolinguistic Inventory of the Lower Guinea Coast before 1700 224 X Portuguese Contacts with the Bantu Languages of the Transkei, Natal and Southern Mozambique 1497–1650 284 XI Milho, Meixoeira and other Foodstuffs of the Sofala Garrison, 1505–1525 328 Index 340 Pirates;,Slavers;,Portuguese Pirates,Slavers,Portuguese