03429nam 2200661 a 450 991082371910332120230721010202.00-8214-4340-2(CKB)2550000000036397(EBL)1762858(OCoLC)286478949(SSID)ssj0000538382(PQKBManifestationID)11965823(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000538382(PQKBWorkID)10559115(PQKB)10337862(MiAaPQ)EBC1762858(OCoLC)763019171(MdBmJHUP)muse9486(Au-PeEL)EBL1762858(CaPaEBR)ebr10472401(EXLCZ)99255000000003639720090528d2009 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrThe land beyond the mists essays on identity and authority in precolonial Congo and Rwanda /David Newbury ; foreword by Jan VansinaAthens Ohio University Pressc20091 online resource (464 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8214-1874-2 0-8214-1875-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. 417-435) and index.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.The horrific tragedies of Central Africa in the 1990's riveted the attention of the world. But these crises did not occur in a historical vacuum. By peering through the mists of the past, the case studies presented in The Land Beyond the Mists illustrate the significant advances to have taken place since decolonization in our understanding of the pre-colonial histories of Rwanda, Burundi, and eastern Congo. Based on both oral and written sources, these essays are important both for their methods-viewing history from the perspective of local actors-and for their conclusions, which seriously...EthnologyKivu, Lake, Region (Congo and Rwanda)EthnologyCongo (Democratic Republic)EthnologyRwandaKivu, Lake, Region (Congo and Rwanda)HistoryKivu, Lake, Region (Congo and Rwanda)HistoriographyCongo (Democratic Republic)HistoryCongo (Democratic Republic)HistoriographyRwandaHistoryRwandaHistoriographyEthnologyEthnologyEthnology967.5/71Newbury David S242721MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910823719103321The land beyond the mists3998666UNINA