The Kongo Kingdom by Koen Bostoen
Bringing new insights on one of the most famous pre-colonial polities in Central Africa, this unique book provides a cross-disciplinary approach to the history of the Kongo kingdom. Both distinguished and upcoming scholars from areas as diverse as anthropology, archaeology, history, and linguistics share a thematic focus on political space.
'An interdisciplinary look at the history and culture of the Kingdom of Kongo, which flourished around the lower reaches of the Congo River, from c1250 through c. 1600, for a time having ties to the Vatican as well other western powers. … A very good work, this is primarily for the specialist in African history.' The NYMAS Review
Koen Bostoen is Professor of African Linguistics and Swahili at Ghent University. His research focuses on the study of Bantu languages and interdisciplinary approaches to the African past. He obtained an ERC Starting Grant for the KongoKing project (2012-16) and an ERC Consolidator's Grant for the BantuFirst project (2018-22). He is author of Des mots et des pots en bantou: une approche linguistique de l'histoire de la céramique en Afrique (2005) and co-editor of Une archéologie des provinces septentrionales du royaume Kongo (2018) and The Bantu Languages (2nd edition, 2018). Inge Brinkman is Professor of African Studies at Universiteit Gent, Belgium. Her research crosscuts the fields of African literature, popular culture and history with a focus on Kenya and Angola. For her Ph.D. dissertation at Leiden University, she examined literature, identity and gender in Central Kenya. During a post-doctoral project at Cologne University, she studied violence and exile through fieldwork with refugees from South-East Angola. At the Leiden African Studies Centre, she carried out historical research on communication technologies, mobility and social relations in Africa. She has published several books and contributed articles to various renowned journals of African studies.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781108474184 |
| ISBN 10 | 1108474187 |
| Title | The Kongo Kingdom |
| Author | Koen Bostoen |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Year published | 2018-11-15 |
| Number of pages | 334 |
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