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The Sunbird, the Glossary

Index The Sunbird

The Sunbird is a 1972 novel by Wilbur Smith about an archeological dig.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 18 relations: African nationalism, Botswana, Bvumba Mountains, Great Zimbabwe, H. Rider Haggard, Heinemann (publisher), Journal of Southern African Studies, Martin Hall (archaeologist), Michael Klinger (producer), Minoritarianism, Opeth, Phoenicia, Progressive metal, Progressive rock, South Africa, The Australian Women's Weekly, The Canberra Times, Wilbur Smith.

  2. Archaeology in popular culture
  3. Great Zimbabwe
  4. Novels by Wilbur Smith
  5. Novels set in Botswana
  6. Phoenicia in fiction

African nationalism

African nationalism is an umbrella term which refers to a group of political ideologies in West, Central, East and Southern Africa, which are based on the idea of national self-determination and the creation of nation states.

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Botswana

Botswana, officially the Republic of Botswana, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa.

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Bvumba Mountains

The Bvumba Mountains or Vumba Mountains straddle the Zimbabwe–Mozambique border, and lie some 10 km southeast of the city of Mutare.

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Great Zimbabwe

Great Zimbabwe is a medieval city in the south-eastern hills of the modern country of Zimbabwe, near Lake Mutirikwe and the town of Masvingo.

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H. Rider Haggard

Sir Henry Rider Haggard (22 June 1856 – 14 May 1925) was an English writer of adventure fiction romances set in exotic locations, predominantly Africa, and a pioneer of the lost world literary genre.

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Heinemann (publisher)

William Heinemann Ltd., with the imprint Heinemann, was a London-based publisher founded in 1890 by William Heinemann.

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Journal of Southern African Studies

The Journal of Southern African Studies is an international publication which covers research on the Southern African region, focussing on Angola, Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe, and occasionally also Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Madagascar, and Mauritius.

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Martin Hall (archaeologist)

Martin Hall (born in Guildford, England) is a British-South African academic and educationalist who has written extensively on South African history, culture and higher education policy.

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Michael Klinger (producer)

Michael Klinger (1 November 1920 – 15 September 1989) was a British film producer and distributor.

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Minoritarianism

In political science, minoritarianism (or minorityism) is a neologism for a political structure or process in which a minority group of a population has a certain degree of primacy in that population's decision making, with legislative power or judicial power being held or controlled by a minority group rather than a majority that is representative of the population.

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Opeth

Opeth are a Swedish progressive metal band from Stockholm, formed in 1989.

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Phoenicia

Phoenicia, or Phœnicia, was an ancient Semitic thalassocratic civilization originating in the coastal strip of the Levant region of the eastern Mediterranean, primarily located in modern Lebanon.

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Progressive metal (often shortened to prog metal or prog) is a broad fusion music genre melding heavy metal and progressive rock, combining the loud "aggression" and amplified guitar-driven sound of the former with the more experimental, cerebral or quasi-classical compositions of the latter.

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Progressive rock

Progressive rock (shortened as prog rock or simply prog) is a broad genre of rock music that primarily developed in the United Kingdom through the mid- to late 1960s, peaking in the early 1970s.

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South Africa

South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa.

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The Australian Women's Weekly

The Australian Women's Weekly, sometimes known as simply The Weekly, is an Australian monthly women's magazine published by Are Media in Sydney and founded in 1933.

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The Canberra Times

The Canberra Times is a daily newspaper in Canberra, Australia, which is published by Australian Community Media.

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Wilbur Smith

Wilbur Addison Smith (9 January 1933 – 13 November 2021) was a Northern Rhodesian-born British-South African novelist specializing in historical fiction about international involvement in Southern Africa across four centuries.

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See also

Archaeology in popular culture

Great Zimbabwe

Novels by Wilbur Smith

Novels set in Botswana

Phoenicia in fiction

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sunbird