Great Lakes of Africa Two Thousand Years of History

Name: Great Lakes of Africa Two Thousand Years of History
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ISBN: 9781890951351

ISBN-10: 1890951358

ISBN-13: 9781890951351

Edition: 2003

Authors: Jean-Pierre Chrï¿½tien, Scott Straus

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Drawing on colonial archives, oral tradition, archaeological discoveries, anthropologic and linguistic studies, and his 30 years of scholarship, Jean-Pierre Chrtien offers a synthesis of the history of the Great Lakes region, one still plagued by extremely violent wars.

Book details

List price: $29.95
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Zone Books
Publication date: 9/22/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 504
Size: 6.02" wide x 9.13" long x 1.49" tall
Weight: 1.936
Language: English

Jean-Pierre Chrï¿½tien is Directeur de Recherches at the Centre Nationale de RecherchesScientifique and affiliated with the Centre de Recherches Africaines at the University ofParis.



Preface


Linguistic Note


Introduction: Writing History in Africa



An Ancient Human Settlement and Its Enigmas



The Emergence of Kingship: Power and Religion



The Formation of Monarchical States



Colonial Trusteeships and Reconstructions of Tradition



Regained Independence and the Obsession with Genocide


Conclusion: The Fragments of History


Notes


Bibliography


Appendices


Name Index


Place Index