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The Harvard Coop - SPRING 2011 | ||
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Antecedents to Modern Rwanda: The Nyiginya Kingdom (Africa and the Diaspora: History, Politics, Culture) (1st Edition) by Jan Vansina, Michael Schatzberg (Adapter), David Henige (Adapter), Thomas Spear (Adapter), J. Vansina (Translator) Paperback, 320 Pages, Published 2004 ISBN-10: 0-299-20124-4 / 0299201244 ISBN-13: 978-0-299-20124-1 / 9780299201241 To understand the genocide and other dramatic events of Rwandaâs 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 na |