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Antecedents to Modern Rwanda: The Nyiginya Kingdom (Africa and the Diaspora)
Jan Vansina
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Hardcover. 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. Translator(s): Vansina, J. Series: Africa and the Diaspora: History, Politics, Culture. Num Pages: 354 pages, 11 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFGR; HBJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 612.
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 and provides a bottom-up view, drawing on hundreds of grassroots narratives. He describes the genesis of the Hutu and Tutsi identities, their growing social and political differences, their bitter feuds, revolts, and massacres, and the relevance of this dramatic history to the post-genocide Rwanda of today.
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 and provides a bottom-up view, drawing on hundreds of grassroots narratives. He describes the genesis of the Hutu and Tutsi identities, their growing social and political differences, their bitter feuds, revolts, and massacres, and the relevance of this dramatic history to the post-genocide Rwanda of today.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
Condition
New
Series
Africa and the Diaspora: History, Politics, Culture
Number of Pages
354
Place of Publication
Wisconsin, United States
ISBN
9780299201203
SKU
V9780299201203
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About Jan Vansina
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.
Reviews for Antecedents to Modern Rwanda: The Nyiginya Kingdom (Africa and the Diaspora)
For historians... the choice is clear. Only at their peril will they ignore Vansina's seminal contribution to our understanding of one of the most complex and controversial chapters in the history of the continent. There are few books about Africa today I would qualify as a magnificent achievement. This is one of them. - Rene Lemarchand, African Affairs