David S Newbury
Biographic Data
| ID | 203474 |
|---|---|
| NAME | David S Newbury |
| GIVEN NAMES | David S |
| FAMILY NAME | Newbury |
| SIGNATURE | NEWBURY D S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Middletown, Connecticut. |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 54 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 13 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1979 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
The Land beyond the Mists
The horrific tragedies of Central Africa in the 1990s riveted the attention of the world. But these crises did not occur in a historical vacuum. By peering through the mists of the past, the case studies presented in The Land Beyond the Mists illustrate the significant advances to have taken place since decolonization in our understanding of the pre-colonial histories of Rwanda, Burundi, and eastern Congo. Based on both oral and written sources, …
The Path of a Genocide
Paths toward the past
Paths toward the Past
Kings and Clans
This book questions the assumption that clans, as traditionally defined by anthropologists and historians, are static structures that hamper political centralization. By reconstructing the history of kings and clans in the Kivu Rift Valley at a time of critical social change, this book enlarges our understanding of social process and the growth of state power in Africa. In the early 19th century many factors contributed to the creation of new soc…
The Rainbow and the Kings
Books/Livres
Hero and Chief
Books/Livres
Lake Kivu Regional Trade in the nineteenth Century
Cet article a deux objectifs principaux. Premièrement, il passe en revue les liens du Rwanda précolonial (un des royaumes africains précoloniaux les mieux connus) avec des régions de la forêt équatoriale du bassin de la rivière Zaïre (une des régions les moins connues de l'histoire précoloniale). A la lumière d'une recherche récente dans la région du lac Kivu (en Afrique Centrale) il est clair que les contacts commerciaux entre ces deux régions é…
Womunafu's Bunafu and Cohen's Busoga
The clans of Rwanda
Opening ParagraphOnly recently have precolonial African historical studies broken away from their fixation on dynastic histories and trade. In reassessing the dynastic traditions, historians of the African past have increasingly drawn on oral traditions from non-royal sources. In particular they have placed a great deal of emphasis on 'clan traditions' and the clan group has consequently served as an important building block in reconstructing the…
Peuples et Rois de l'Afrique des Lacs
The Land beyond the Mists
The horrific tragedies of Central Africa in the 1990s riveted the attention of the world. But these crises did not occur in a historical vacuum. By peering through the mists of the past, the case studies presented in The Land Beyond the Mists illustrate the significant advances to have taken place since decolonization in our understanding of the pre-colonial histories of Rwanda, Burundi, and eastern Congo. Based on both oral and written sources, …
Kings and Clans
This book questions the assumption that clans, as traditionally defined by anthropologists and historians, are static structures that hamper political centralization. By reconstructing the history of kings and clans in the Kivu Rift Valley at a time of critical social change, this book enlarges our understanding of social process and the growth of state power in Africa. In the early 19th century many factors contributed to the creation of new soc…
Paths toward the Past
The clans of Rwanda
Opening ParagraphOnly recently have precolonial African historical studies broken away from their fixation on dynastic histories and trade. In reassessing the dynastic traditions, historians of the African past have increasingly drawn on oral traditions from non-royal sources. In particular they have placed a great deal of emphasis on 'clan traditions' and the clan group has consequently served as an important building block in reconstructing the…
Paths toward the past
Lake Kivu Regional Trade in the nineteenth Century
Cet article a deux objectifs principaux. Premièrement, il passe en revue les liens du Rwanda précolonial (un des royaumes africains précoloniaux les mieux connus) avec des régions de la forêt équatoriale du bassin de la rivière Zaïre (une des régions les moins connues de l'histoire précoloniale). A la lumière d'une recherche récente dans la région du lac Kivu (en Afrique Centrale) il est clair que les contacts commerciaux entre ces deux régions é…
Peuples et Rois de l'Afrique des Lacs
Books/Livres
Lake Kivu Regional Trade in the nineteenth Century
Cet article a deux objectifs principaux. Premièrement, il passe en revue les liens du Rwanda précolonial (un des royaumes africains précoloniaux les mieux connus) avec des régions de la forêt équatoriale du bassin de la rivière Zaïre (une des régions les moins connues de l'histoire précoloniale). A la lumière d'une recherche récente dans la région du lac Kivu (en Afrique Centrale) il est clair que les contacts commerciaux entre ces deux régions é…
Womunafu's Bunafu and Cohen's Busoga
The clans of Rwanda
Opening ParagraphOnly recently have precolonial African historical studies broken away from their fixation on dynastic histories and trade. In reassessing the dynastic traditions, historians of the African past have increasingly drawn on oral traditions from non-royal sources. In particular they have placed a great deal of emphasis on 'clan traditions' and the clan group has consequently served as an important building block in reconstructing the…
Books/Livres
Hero and Chief
The Rainbow and the Kings
Kings and Clans
This book questions the assumption that clans, as traditionally defined by anthropologists and historians, are static structures that hamper political centralization. By reconstructing the history of kings and clans in the Kivu Rift Valley at a time of critical social change, this book enlarges our understanding of social process and the growth of state power in Africa. In the early 19th century many factors contributed to the creation of new soc…
Paths toward the past
Paths toward the Past
The Path of a Genocide
The Land beyond the Mists
The horrific tragedies of Central Africa in the 1990s riveted the attention of the world. But these crises did not occur in a historical vacuum. By peering through the mists of the past, the case studies presented in The Land Beyond the Mists illustrate the significant advances to have taken place since decolonization in our understanding of the pre-colonial histories of Rwanda, Burundi, and eastern Congo. Based on both oral and written sources, …
Political science (7 works) · History (6 works) · History (6 works) · Geography (5 works) · African history and culture studies (4 works) · Art (4 works) · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories (4 works) · Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · African history and culture analysis (3 works)