9780521473705 - Kingship and State: The Buganda Dynasty (African Studies) von Wrigley, Christopher (3 Ergebnisse)

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Zustand: New. An elegant and wide-ranging 2006 study of the precolonial kingdom of Bugunda, nucleus of modern Uganda. Series: African Studies. Num Pages: 312 pages, 3 maps 9 tables. BIC Classification: 1H; 3J; HBJH; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 587. . 1996. hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - The pre-colonial kingdom of Buganda, nucleus of the present state of Uganda, has long attracted scholarly interest. Since written records are lacking entirely before 1862, historians have had to rely on oral traditions that were recorded from the end of the nineteenth century. These sources provide rich materials on Buganda in the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, but Christopher Wrigley, a senior and highly respected scholar, endeavours to show that the stories that appear to relate to earlier periods are largely mythology. He argues that this does not reduce their value, since they are of interest in their own mythical right, revealing ancient traces of sacred kingship, and also throwing oblique light on the development of the recent state. The author has written an elegant, wide-ranging and original study of one of Africa's most famous kingdoms.