Kongo Political Culture

The Conceptual Challenge of the Particular

Inbunden, Engelska, 2000

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This book is a brilliant commentary on the political culture of the BaKongo of Lower Congo (now the Democratic Republic of Congo). MacGaffey analyzes texts written by young Kongo men between 1914 -1916 to explicate KiKongo culture and to question long-cherished anthropological assumptions.

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Utgivningsdatum2000-03-22
Mått175 x 203 x 25 mm
Vikt562 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor296
FörlagIndiana University Press
ISBN9780253336989

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Wyatt MacGaffey, formerly John R. Coleman Professor of Social Sciences at Haverford College, has published extensively on African social structure, history, art, religion, and politics. His books include Custom and Government in the Lower Congo (1970), Religion and society in Central Africa (1986), and Astonishment and Power (1993; with Michael D. Harris). IN 1994 he was awarded a Fellowship by the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation.