Tanganyika
Subtitle: espace fécondé par le lac et le rail
By: sous la direction de Jean Omasombo
Publisher: Koninklijk Museum voor Midden-Afrika
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Tervuren
Language: fre
Number of pages: 438
ISBN-13: 9789491615870
Subjects: Economic conditions; Economic history
Description: From an early time, the Tanganyika region piqued the curiosity of Western and Arab scholars who were eager to identify the sources of the Nile. The region covers nearly 135,000 kmø, or a little under 6% of the country's total territory, in an area roughly located between the Lomami-Lualaba ridge line to the west, a rocky swell to the east, and, in the south, the Kamalondo depression and the barrier of lakes Mweru (northern point), Mweru Wantipa (Republic of Zambia), and Tanganyika (bottom). Only the northern limit running along the 5th parallel south, from the intersection with Kiangwe river to the eastern border of DR Congo, appears to disregard natural circumstances completely. Like its predecessors, this monograph of the Provinces-Decentralisation project devotes a large portion to historical, socio-administrative, political, and socio-economic developments. It nonetheless seeks to provide an analysis and survey of knowledge not limited to these aspects alone. Discussions of its nature (fauna, vegetation, hydrology, geology, geography) and other areas of human science (anthropology, musicology) all contribute to a better understanding of Tanganyika, in the wealth and complexity of these many dimensions.
Notes: "7"--Spine.

One folded color map laid in.