This book is a brilliant commentary on the political culture of the BaKongo of Lower Congo (now the Democratic Republic of Congo). MacGaffey analyzes texts written by young Kongo men between 1914 -1916 to explicate KiKongo culture and to question long-cherished anthropological assumptions.
Kongo Political Culture: The Conceptual Challenge of the Particular
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Author(s)Wyatt MacGaffey
PublisherIndiana University Press
ISBN / ASIN0253336988
ISBN-139780253336989
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