Life on the Manor in Gisaka (Rwanda)
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8977293 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Pierre Gravel (corresponding author), Pierre Bettez Gravel |
| Year | 1965 |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 323-331 |
| Publication date | 1965-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of African History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-8537 • E-ISSN: 1469-5138 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0021853700005831 |
| OpenAlex | W1993469273 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 1 |
As late as 1960, in the hinterland of Gisaka (Rwanda), community life was strangely reminiscent of what we know of life in the early continental European manor. The Rwandese manor was largely self-sufficient. The relationships of the peasant to lord of the manor were of a privi legis nature. Competition for chiefly (or lordly) favours was keen. The necessity to court the chief had caused courtship to be institutionalized. The successful courtesans, usually of the nobility, attended the chief directly and were often part of the administrative staff of the manor. The practice of commendation was usual; homage was paid with the identical gesture as in Europe, and the functional equivalent of the don annuel appeared in the form of an institution called kubaka inkike (‘to repair the enclosure’)
Archaeology · Competition (biology · Courtship · Economic history · Institution · Landlord · Nobility · Peasant · Political science · Politics · Serfdom · Sociology · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories · History · Law · Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,02 |
| Citation span | 1980 - 1980 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |