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essays on identity and authority in precolonial Congo and Rwanda
1 online resource (xvi, 444 pages :) : illustrations, maps
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 royaute sacree de l'ancien Rwanda -- Trick cyclists? Recontextualizing Rwandan dynastic chronology -- Precolonial Burundi and Rwanda : local loyalties, regional royalties.
David Newbury ; foreword by Jan Vansina.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 417-435) and index.