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

Author: David S Newbury
Publisher: Athens : Ohio University Press, ©2009.
Edition/Format:   Book : State or province government publication : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Genre/Form: [études diverses]
Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Newbury, David S.
Land beyond the mists.
Athens : Ohio University Press, c2009
(OCoLC)745695946
Material Type: Government publication, State or province government publication
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: David S Newbury
ISBN: 9780821418741 0821418742 9780821418758 0821418750
OCLC Number: 286478949
Description: xvi, 444 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
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.
Responsibility: David Newbury ; foreword by Jan Vansina.

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