Antecedents to Modern Rwanda: The Nyiginya Kingdom

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James Currey, 2005 - Rwanda - 354 pages
Introduction - 1. Central Rwanda on the eve of the emergence of the kingdom - 2. The Rwanda of Ndori - 3. Towards the centralisation of power - 4. Government in the eighteenth century - 5. Social transformation in the nineteenth century - 6. The triumph of the great families & its consequences - 7. Nightmares. The age of Rwabugiri (1867-96) - In conclusion - history & the present - Appendix 1 - chronology - Appendix 2 - predynastic fairy tales: Central Rwanda before Ndori - Works cited.

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