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020 _a9781785339844 (hardback : alk. paper)
_cTZS 10,000
040 _aMUL
_beng
_eAACR
082 0 0 _a306.2967 STR
100 1 _aStroeken, Koen,
245 1 0 _aMedicinal rule :
_ba historical anthropology of kingship in east and central Africa /
_cKoen Stroeken.
260 _aNew York
_bBerghahn
_cc2018
300 _aix, 316 pages ;
_c24 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages [298]-305) and index.
505 0 _aPart I: Divinatory societies -- The forest within -- Beyond Turner's watershed division -- Part II: Medicinal rule -- A Sukuma chief on medicine -- Endogenizing Vansina's equatorial tradition -- From cult to dynasty: Nilotic and Niger-Congo extensions -- Magic and the sole mode of production -- Tio shrines of the forest master -- Part III: The ceremonial state -- Kuba, Kongo and Buganda 'miracles': reversions in transition -- From divinatory to ceremonial state: narrative proof from Rwanda -- Conclusions: Reversible transitions.
650 0 _aChiefdoms
_zAfrica, Central.
650 0 _aTraditional medicine
_zAfrica, Central.
942 _cBK
999 _c9091
_d9091