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19 produkter
Antecedents to Modern Rwanda
The Nyiginya Kingdom
Av Jan Vansina
Häftad, 2005
369 kr
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Professor Vansina is the foremost authority on the history of Rwanda.The author of the classic Oral Tradition as History bases his account on hundreds of grass-roots narratives. It shows the historical roots of the Rwandan genocide of 1994 through an investigation of Rwanda's Nyiginya Dynasty of …
BEING COLONIZED
The Kuba Experience in Rural Congo 1880-1960
Av Jan Vansina
Häftad, 2010
331 kr
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What was it like to be colonized by foreigners? Highlighting a region in central Congo, in the center of sub-Saharan Africa, Being Colonized places Africans at the heart of the story. In a richly textured history that will appeal to general readers and students as well as to scholars, the …
Through the Day, Through the Night
A Flemish Belgian Boyhood and World War II
Av Jan Vansina
Häftad, 2014
297 kr
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One of twelve children in a close-knit, affluent Catholic Belgian family, Jan Vansina began life in a seemingly sheltered environment. But that cocoon was soon pierced by the escalating tensions and violence that gripped Europe in the 1930s and 1940s. In this book Vansina recalls his boyhood and …
Tio Kingdom of The Middle Congo
1880-1892
Av Jan Vansina, L. V. Thomas m. fl.
E-bok, 2018
963 kr
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Originally published in 1973, this book reconstructs the political and economic organization and the social life of the Tio kingdom at the end of the 19th century by means of a critical synthesis of documentary and ethnographic data. Based on a detailed study of rich docuemntary sources and …
Tio Kingdom of The Middle Congo
1880-1892
Av Jan Vansina, L. V. Thomas m. fl.
E-bok, 2018
942 kr
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Originally published in 1973, this book reconstructs the political and economic organization and the social life of the Tio kingdom at the end of the 19th century by means of a critical synthesis of documentary and ethnographic data. Based on a detailed study of rich docuemntary sources and …
Historian in Tropical Africa
Studies Presented and Discussed at the Fourth International African Seminar at the University of Dakar, Senegal 1961
Av L. V. Thomas, R. Mauny m. fl.
E-bok, 2018
678 kr
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Originally published in 1964 these papers discuss the recovery and critical interpretation of oral traditions and written documents, problems of dating and analysis of material from archaeological sites, the use of linguistic evidence, and methods of historical reconstruction concerning techniques, …
Historian in Tropical Africa
Studies Presented and Discussed at the Fourth International African Seminar at the University of Dakar, Senegal 1961
Av L. V. Thomas, R. Mauny m. fl.
E-bok, 2018
678 kr
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Originally published in 1964 these papers discuss the recovery and critical interpretation of oral traditions and written documents, problems of dating and analysis of material from archaeological sites, the use of linguistic evidence, and methods of historical reconstruction concerning techniques, …
How Societies Are Born
Governance in West Central Africa before 1600
Av Jan Vansina
E-bok, 2012
617 kr
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Like stars, societies are born, and this story deals with such a birth. It asks a fundamental and compelling question: How did societies first coalesce from the small foraging communities that had roamed in West Central Africa for many thousands of years? Jan Vansina continues a career-long effort …
Oral Tradition as History
Av Jan Vansina
Häftad, 1985
353 kr
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Since the publication of Vansina's earlier book, oral traditions have now become widely accepted as a legitimate source of history.Although written by a leading historian of Africa, Vansina's work on oral traditions ranges far beyond Africa, so has a wider relevance. Vansina explains not only how …
Paths in the Rainforests
Towards a History of Political Tradition in Equatorial Africa
Av Jan Vansina
Häftad, 1991
476 kr
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A synthesis of more than 3000 years of equatorial African history.The rainforests of equatorial Africa cover an area almost as large as Western Europe and some 12 million people live there. So why has this area remained without a historiography? Vansina disputes the myth of an unchanging past ina …
Habitat, Economy and Society in the Central Africa Rain Forest
Av Jan Vansina
Häftad, 1992
573 kr
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Over 50 years ago, the renowned anthropologist Daryll Forde strongly advocated comparative anthropological studies. Professor Vansina argues that 50 years later, Forde's criticisms still apply despite both Forde's considerable intellectual legacy and an exponential increase in available …
Habitat, Economy and Society in the Central Africa Rain Forest
Av Jan Vansina
E-bok, 2020
696 kr
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Over 50 years ago, the renowned anthropologist Daryll Forde strongly advocated comparative anthropological studies. Professor Vansina argues that 50 years later, Forde''s criticisms still apply despite both Forde''s considerable intellectual legacy and an exponential increase in available …
Habitat, Economy and Society in the Central Africa Rain Forest
Av Jan Vansina
E-bok, 2020
696 kr
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Over 50 years ago, the renowned anthropologist Daryll Forde strongly advocated comparative anthropological studies. Professor Vansina argues that 50 years later, Forde''s criticisms still apply despite both Forde''s considerable intellectual legacy and an exponential increase in available …
Les Tribus Ba-Kuba et les Peuplades Apparentées
Central Africa Belgian Congo Part I
Av Jan Vansina
Inbunden, 2017
1821 kr
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Routledge is proud to be re-issuing this landmark series in association with the International African Institute. The series, published between 1950 and 1977, brings together a wealth of previously un-co-ordinated material on the ethnic groupings and social conditions of African peoples.Concise, …
Les Tribus Ba-Kuba et les Peuplades Apparentées
Central Africa Belgian Congo Part I
Av Jan Vansina
Häftad, 2019
646 kr
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Routledge is proud to be re-issuing this landmark series in association with the International African Institute. The series, published between 1950 and 1977, brings together a wealth of previously un-co-ordinated material on the ethnic groupings and social conditions of African peoples.Concise, …
Tio Kingdom of The Middle Congo
1880-1892
Av Jan Vansina, Jan Vansina m. fl.
Inbunden, 2018
3055 kr
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Originally published in 1973, this book reconstructs the political and economic organization and the social life of the Tio kingdom at the end of the 19th century by means of a critical synthesis of documentary and ethnographic data. Based on a detailed study of rich docuemntary sources and …
Tio Kingdom of The Middle Congo
1880-1892
Av Jan Vansina, Jan Vansina m. fl.
Häftad, 2020
791 kr
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Originally published in 1973, this book reconstructs the political and economic organization and the social life of the Tio kingdom at the end of the 19th century by means of a critical synthesis of documentary and ethnographic data. Based on a detailed study of rich docuemntary sources and …
Tribus Ba-Kuba et les Peuplades Apparentees
Central Africa Belgian Congo Part I
Av Jan Vansina
E-bok, 2017
762 kr
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Routledge is proud to be re-issuing this landmark series in association with the International African Institute. The series, published between 1950 and 1977, brings together a wealth of previously un-co-ordinated material on the ethnic groupings and social conditions of African peoples. Concise, …
Tribus Ba-Kuba et les Peuplades Apparentees
Central Africa Belgian Congo Part I
Av Jan Vansina
E-bok, 2017
762 kr
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Routledge is proud to be re-issuing this landmark series in association with the International African Institute. The series, published between 1950 and 1977, brings together a wealth of previously un-co-ordinated material on the ethnic groupings and social conditions of African peoples. Concise, …
