Antecedents to Modern Rwanda: The Nyiginya Kingdom

by Jan Vansina and J. Vansina

Book Overview

To understand the genocide and other dramatic events of Rwanda's recent past, one must understand the history of the earlier realm. Jan Vansina provides a critique of the history recorded by early missionaries and court historians and provides a bottom-up view, drawing on hundreds of grassroots narratives. He describes the genesis of the Hutu and Tutsi identities, their growing social and political differences, their bitter feuds, revolts, and massacres,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0299201201
• ISBN13: 9780299201203
• Release Date: November 2004
• Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.2"