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CONTENTS List of Illustrations ix Foreword xi Preface xiii Acknowledgments xv Introduction: Peering through the Mists  Part 1. Historiography Chapter . Bushi and the Historians: Historiographical Themes in Eastern Kivu  Chapter . Recent Historical Research in the Area of Lake Kivu: Rwanda and Zaire  Part 2. The Lake Kivu Arena Chapter . Lake Kivu Regional Trade in the Nineteenth Century  Chapter . Kamo and Lubambo: Dual Genesis Traditions on Ijwi Island  Chapter . The Campaigns of Rwabugiri  Chapter . Rwabugiri and Ijwi  Chapter . King and Chief on Ijwi Island  Part 3. The Rwanda Arena Chapter . The Clans of Rwanda: A Historical Hypothesis  Chapter . Bunyabungo: The Western Frontier in Rwanda, ca. –  Chapter . What Role Has Kingship? An Analysis of the Umuganura Ritual of Rwanda as presented in M. d’Hertefelt and A. Coupez, La royauté sacrée de l’ancien Rwanda  Chapter . Trick Cyclists? Recontextualizing Rwandan Dynastic Chronology  M vii M Part 4. Perceiving History through the Mists Chapter . Precolonial Burundi and Rwanda: Local Loyalties, Regional Royalties  Notes  Bibliography  Index  M viii M Contents ...

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