The land beyond the mists essays on identity and authority in precolonial Congo and Rwanda / David Newbury ; foreword by Jan Vansina.

Author/creator Newbury, David S.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoAthens : Ohio University Press,
Descriptionxvi, 444 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
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Subjects
Ethnology--Kivu, Lake, Region (Congo and Rwanda).
Ethnology--Congo (Democratic Republic).
Ethnology--Rwanda.
Kivu, Lake, Region (Congo and Rwanda)--History.
Kivu, Lake, Region (Congo and Rwanda)--Historiography.
Congo (Democratic Republic)--History.
Democratic Republic of the Congo--Historiography.
Rwanda--History.
Rwanda--Historiography.

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 royauté sacrée de l'ancien Rwanda -- Trick cyclists? Recontextualizing Rwandan dynastic chronology -- Precolonial Burundi and Rwanda : local loyalties, regional royalties.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 417-435) and index.
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LCCN 2009021935
ISBN9780821418741 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0821418742 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780821418758 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0821418750 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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