Paths in the Rainforests: Toward a History of Political Tradition in Equatorial Africa

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Index Ababua (people), 371n20. See also Boa Abala, 314n51 Abandia, 116, 176 Abarambo (people), 171, 176 Abelu (people), 173-76 Abo (people), 337n5, 339n18 abortion, 219, 227, 365n46 Adamawa languages, 65 Adulis,64 Aduma (people), 206 age, grouping by, 79-80, 117, 130; among the Bubi, 140-41, 143; among the Komo, 189 age grades, 79-80,171,183, 341n35 agriculture. See crops; farming; plantation Aka (people), 309n71 Aka-Mbati languages, 50-52, 312n31 Akan (peoples), 256 'Alenga dynasty, 356n62 Alima-Likouala area, 147, 161 Alima River, 52, 55, 103, 360-61nlO; and Atlantic trade, 202, 206, 214, 227 alliance: of Houses, 81-83; of villages, 105,109,113,175; of towns, 114; with colonial powers, 240; with Zanzibari and Sudanese, 240-42. See also clan; marriage Amaya Mokini, 224 Amazon rainforests, 257 Ambaquistas (people), 236 Ambos (ethnonym), 339n18 ambush, 107, 130 Ambwila, battle of, 204, 220 Americas, 201,202,210,218, 314n42 anachronism, 8, 10, 50 analogy, 156,261-62 ancestor. See hero; spirit ancestor, common, 82, 132, 134-35, 159, 187,233 Angola, 3, 154; and the slave trade, 201, 218, 230, 236, 360n2 Angumu,47 anthill: as emblem of power, 120; as symbol of House, 328n6 anthropology: theoretical, 6-7, 27-28, 72; historical, 10; and rules of evi411 dence, 17, 18,24-25,81, 246; comparative , 31-33, 260-63; and history, 249; African, 253 Anziko (ethnonym), 347n87 Apagibeti (people), 317n65 arbitration and rule, 146, 189,228,235, 252 archaeology, 8, 18,26; and the notion of tradition, 6-7; and glottochronology, 16; of the Bantu expansion, 47, 49, 53, 54,57; of the early iron age, 59, 60, 68; in the Inner Basin, 102-4, 121; on Bioko, 139, 140; in the southwest quadrant , 155, 156; as a test, 250. See also ceramics archers, 41, 111, 173, 174, 175 Arnhemland, 8 Aruwimi River area, 39; confluence, 62, 126,106-10,194; lower, 118,244; upper , 167, 169, 173, 175 Asante (kingdom), 368n85 Asia, 87, 232, 256, 257 assimilation: and Bantu expansion, 57, 65; and Bantu and Ubangian speakers, 66; and Sanaga Ntem expansion, 13437 ; on Bioko, 142-44; in Uele, 172-73 associations, 80,191-92,236; in Cameroon and northern Gabon, 25,130-36, 232-35,245; in southern Gabon and lower Congo, 25,158-59,221,224,232; in northern Congo, 161,229; in southern Maniema, 177-86, 191, 194,241;on Bioko, 341n35; in Shaba, 354n43; and colonial rule, 370n16. See also brotherhood ; bwami; dance association Atlantic trade, 159, 196-237,252,254. See also slave trade Australia, 261 Austro-Hungarian Empire, 217 autochthons: before Bantu expansion, 47-49,83,91, 325n61; and Bantu speakers, 56-58, 65, 69, 88; Bantu speaking, 126, 136-37, 142, 164 autonomy, 73, 237, 252-54; of village in district, 109; of the House, 119, 188; within a kingdom, 225. See also egalitarianism 412 axe, 60, 84-85, 169, 286 Azande (people), 116, 176-77,240 Babole (people), 307n52 Babongolo (Lega group), 183 Baka (people), 307n49 Bakele (people), 234 balance of power: in ancestral society, 100, 193,252-53; in the southwestern quadrant, 148; in Uele, 177; European , 242 Balese (people), 67, 358n76 Bali (people), 175, 186, 321n28; languages of, 66 Bambelota (chiefdom), 334n57 Bamileke Plateau: and Bantu origins, 49; and associations, 130; dense population of, 132; as source of slaves, 204, 218,235 Bamwe (people), 331n38 Banana (port), 209, 239 banana: terminology for, 5, 289; introduction of, 61-65, 87, 193; in Uele and Ituri, 67-68, 169-72; mentioned, 86, 88,91,216,254 Bandundu, 151, 164 Bane (people), 137,234, 320nI9 Bangala (people), 227 Bangba (people), 172 Bango (people), 330nI7 Bantu. See Bantu expansion; Eastern Bantu languages Bantu expansion, 5-6, 47-57, 251-56 barkcloth, 293, 354n42 Barrau, 1., 317n68 basket, 84, 92,120; for trade, 94, 217; terminology for, 293-94 Basoko, 106, 118-19, 183; mentioned, 107,194 Batalimo, 58, 313n36 Bateke plateaus, 46, 55, 215, 312n32 beads, 205, 361nII beans: Old World, 84, 90; New World, 86,211,215; terminology for, 289; trade in, 354n42 Bekwil (people): villages, 136, 162, 319nll, 338nll; and the Atlantic trade, 228-29; and colonial conquest, 244 Belgian Congo, 26, 246-47 Belgium, 27, 358n76 belief: and leadership, 74, 97, 144; and religion, 95-96,141,193; mentioned, 9,69 bells: as emblems, 151, 159, 162 Bembe (people), 178, 181, 183-84 Benguela: current and climate, 311 nI7 Beni,352n23 Index Bennett, P., 316n60 Benue Valley, 49 Berlin, Act of, 239, 242 Bertrand, A...