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June 2003
6 x 9, 503 pp.
7 maps
$42.95/£31.95 (CLOTH)
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ISBN-10:
1-890951-34-X
ISBN-13:
978-1-890951-34-4

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From Zone Books:
The Great Lakes of Africa
Two Thousand Years of History
Jean-Pierre Chrétien
Translated by Scott Straus

Preface9
Linguistic Note19
Introduction: Writing History in Africa21
I.An Ancient Human Settlement and Its Enigmas41
II.The Emergence of Kingship: Power and Religion85
III.The Formation of Monarchical States139
IV.Colonial Trusteeships and Reconstructions of Tradition201
V.Regained Independence and the Obsession with Genocide291
Conclusion: The Fragments of History347
Notes359
Bibliography423
Appendices473
Name Index485
Place Index495
  
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