The Kanyok of Zaire - An Institutional and Ideological History to 1895 (Hardcover, New)

In this study John Yoder chronicles the history of the Kanyok, a people from the southern savanna of Zaire, from before 1500 until their incorporation into the Congo Free State in the 1890s. By analyzing their oral histories, myths and legends, the author describes the political and cultural development of a people who, before 1891, had no written records, and accounts of whose past had previously been confined to the sketchy recitation of wars and succession struggles that characterize many existing books on pre-colonial African states. Yoder sets his work firmly within the larger context of the southern savanna by extending his investigations to the traditions of neighboring peoples, in particular to the Luba and the Lunda, whose empires once dominated the region. In this way he demonstrates how the same stories and ideas circulated over a vast area but were continually adapted to local circumstances. Yoder's history of the Kanyok of Zaire thereby forms the nucleus for a broader and more composite understanding of the entire region.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	African Studies
Release date:	April 1992
First published:	1992
Authors:	John C. Yoder
Dimensions:	236 x 157 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	232
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-41298-8
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > African history > General Books > History > African history > General Promotions
LSN:	0-521-41298-6
Barcode:	9780521412988

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