Antecedents to Modern Rwanda - The Nyiginya Kingdom

Informationen zum Autor Jan Vansina is the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Professor and the Vilas Professor in History and Anthropology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His many books include his 1994 memoir Living with Africa , Oral Tradition as History , Kingdoms of the Savanna , and The Children of Woot , all published by the University of Wisconsin Press. Klappentext To understand the genocide and other dramatic events of Rwanda's recent past, one must understand the history of the earlier realm. Jan Vansina provides a critique of the history recorded by early missionaries and court historians. Zusammenfassung To understand the genocide and other dramatic events of Rwanda's recent past! one must understand the history of the earlier realm. Jan Vansina provides a critique of the history recorded by early missionaries and court historians.

Product details

• Authors: David Henige, Michael Schatzberg, Thomas Spear, J. Vansina, J. Spear Vansina, Jan Vansina
• Assisted by: J. Vansina (Translation)
• Publisher: The University of Wisconsin Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2004
• EAN: 9780299201203
• ISBN: 978-0-299-20120-3
• No. of pages: 354
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 229 mm x 32 mm
• Series: Africa and the Diaspora: History, Politics, Culture
• Subject: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous