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The Kanyok of Zaire: An Institutional and Ideological History to 1895 Hardcover - 1992

by John C. Yoder


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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 traditions, myths, and legends, the author describes the political and cultural development of a people who, before 1891, had no written records, and whose history has previously been confined to the stale recitation of wars and succession struggles that characterize many existing books on pre-colonial Africa. 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 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.

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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.

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  • Title The Kanyok of Zaire: An Institutional and Ideological History to 1895
  • Author John C. Yoder
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition 1st Edition
  • Pages 232
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
  • Date 1992-04-23
  • ISBN 9780521412988 / 0521412986
  • Weight 1 lbs (0.45 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.3 x 6.3 x 0.84 in (23.62 x 16.00 x 2.13 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Kanyok (African people) - History - Sources, Kanyok (African people) - Folklore
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 91019674
  • Dewey Decimal Code 967.510
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