From the rock shelters of southern Africa to the royal courts of Buganda, fluidity shaped ritual, healing, and community.
Essays from a symposium in honor of Gerhard Kubik, held in December 2004 at the University of Vienna. Accompanying DVD-ROM contains photographs, videorecordings, and audio recordings to illustrate the ...
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni often describes himself as a revolutionary, trying to develop an African mindset away from colonial influence. But his country, like the rest of East Africa, has ...
In recent years, historical research on the pre-colonial period in the area between the Zambezi and Limpopo has almost ground to a standstill. A number of seminal works on the economic and social ...
Contrary to the widespread belief that pre-colonial Africa was entirely without borders, African kingdoms including the Kingdom of Rwanda had clearly defined territorial boundaries. Rwanda, in ...