LEADER 03429nam 2200661 a 450 001 9910823719103321 005 20230721010202.0 010 $a0-8214-4340-2 035 $a(CKB)2550000000036397 035 $a(EBL)1762858 035 $a(OCoLC)286478949 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000538382 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11965823 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000538382 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10559115 035 $a(PQKB)10337862 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1762858 035 $a(OCoLC)763019171 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse9486 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1762858 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10472401 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000036397 100 $a20090528d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe land beyond the mists $eessays on identity and authority in precolonial Congo and Rwanda /$fDavid Newbury ; foreword by Jan Vansina 210 $aAthens $cOhio University Press$dc2009 215 $a1 online resource (464 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8214-1874-2 311 $a0-8214-1875-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 417-435) and index. 327 $aBushi 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? sacre?e de l'ancien Rwanda -- Trick cyclists? Recontextualizing Rwandan dynastic chronology -- Precolonial Burundi and Rwanda : local loyalties, regional royalties. 330 $aThe 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... 606 $aEthnology$zKivu, Lake, Region (Congo and Rwanda) 606 $aEthnology$zCongo (Democratic Republic) 606 $aEthnology$zRwanda 607 $aKivu, Lake, Region (Congo and Rwanda)$xHistory 607 $aKivu, Lake, Region (Congo and Rwanda)$xHistoriography 607 $aCongo (Democratic Republic)$xHistory 607 $aCongo (Democratic Republic)$xHistoriography 607 $aRwanda$xHistory 607 $aRwanda$xHistoriography 615 0$aEthnology 615 0$aEthnology 615 0$aEthnology 676 $a967.5/71 700 $aNewbury$b David S$0242721 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910823719103321 996 $aThe land beyond the mists$93998666 997 $aUNINA