The land beyond the mists essays on identity and authority in precolonial Congo and Rwanda /

Main Author: Newbury, David S.
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Athens : Ohio University Press, c2009.
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Online Access:http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucy/Doc?id=10472401
Table of Contents:
  • Bushi and the historians : historiographical themes in eastern Kivu
  • Recent historical research in the area of Lake Kivu : Rwanda and Zaire
  • Lake Kivu regional trade in the nineteenth century
  • Kamo and lubambo : dual genesis traditions on Ijwi Island
  • The campaigns of Rwabugiri
  • Rwabugiri and Ijwi
  • King and chief on Ijwi Island
  • The clans of Rwanda : a historical hypothesis
  • Bunyabungo : the western frontier in Rwanda, ca. 1750-1850
  • What role has kingship? An analysis of the Umuganura ritual in Rwanda as presented in M. d'Hertefelt and A. Coupez, La royautβe sacrβee de l'ancien Rwanda
  • Trick cyclists? Recontextualizing Rwandan dynastic chronology
  • Precolonial Burundi and Rwanda : local loyalties, regional royalties.