Vansina, Jan M.

Paths in the Rainforests : Toward a History of Political Tradition in Equatorial Africa. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (450 pages)

Intro -- Contents -- Maps and Figures -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Spelling -- Chapter One: Voids and Blinders, Words and Things -- Chapter Two: The Land and Its Settlement -- Chapter Three: Tradition: Ancient and Common -- Chapter Four: The Trail of the Leopard in the Inner Basin -- Chapter Five: Between Ocean and Rivers -- Chapter Six: The Eastern Uplands -- Chapter Seven: Challenge from the Atlantic -- Chapter Eight: Death of a Tradition -- Chapter Nine: On History and Tradition -- Appendix: Comparative Lexical Data -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index.

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Bantu-speaking peoples-Politics and government.
Bantu languages-History.
Africa, Sub-Saharan-Politics and government.
Africa, Central-Politics and government.


Electronic books.

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