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Pre-Industrial South Africa

historian; however, given that this is all the evidence available, Dr Northrup's use of it is masterly: imaginative and constructive. His use of oral evidence, in particular, demonstrates the richness of historical tradition still preserved in societies which, having been free of rulers in the past, lack king-lists or 'stool traditions' today. Future researchers using oral tradition to reconstruct the history of the hinterland may well revise Dr Northrup's conclusions: but they are sure to have been encouraged and inspired by his example.