I am the Subject of the King of Congo
... for their own ideas. As the Kongolese understood it, the character of the founder formed a charter for the proper governance of the state. In some versions of the story, the founder was described as a conqueror. Such kings exercised absolute power and could not be controlled by society; they could a ...
... for their own ideas. As the Kongolese understood it, the character of the founder formed a charter for the proper governance of the state. In some versions of the story, the founder was described as a conqueror. Such kings exercised absolute power and could not be controlled by society; they could a ...
Discovering the Ancient Kingdoms of Africa
... You will learn to develop the skills that anthropologists and historians must have as you work together with a team of researchers on one assigned kingdom in ancient and medieval Africa. As a group, you must conduct research on the following areas (listed below), while responding to content-specific ...
... You will learn to develop the skills that anthropologists and historians must have as you work together with a team of researchers on one assigned kingdom in ancient and medieval Africa. As a group, you must conduct research on the following areas (listed below), while responding to content-specific ...
Empires, Nations, and Natives. Anthropology and State
... address them. Yet the tragic irony that Lebovics addresses in this book is a simple one. Centuries of colonial domination did not open the eyes of imperialists to the cultural diversity of the peoples they governed, quite the reverse: imperialist nations typically imposed exclusionary forms of gover ...
... address them. Yet the tragic irony that Lebovics addresses in this book is a simple one. Centuries of colonial domination did not open the eyes of imperialists to the cultural diversity of the peoples they governed, quite the reverse: imperialist nations typically imposed exclusionary forms of gover ...