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contents List of Illustrations viii Acknowledgments ix A Note on Ganda Names xiii 1 Public Healing, Political Complexity, and the Production of Knowledge 1 2 Genre, Historical Imagination, and Early Ganda History 27 3 Clanship and the Pursuit of Collective Well-Being 67 4 Political Leaders as Public Healers 98 5 Clanship, State Formation, and the Shifting Contours of Public Healing 131 Conclusion 175 Glossary 195 Notes 197 Bibliography 235 Index 251 ...

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