Catastrophe and Creation
Subtitle: The Transformation of an African Culture (Studies in Anthropology and History)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Routledge
Published: January 1, 1991
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9783718651863
Subjects: African history: c 1500 to c 1900; Anthropology; Colonization & independence; Cultural studies; Religion; Social Situations And Conditions; Archaeology / Anthropology; History: World; Congo; Anthropology - General; Social Science / Anthropology / General; Cults; History; Kongo (African people); Social conditions
First sentence: This is a study of what happened to Kongo society and culture at the turn of the 20th century, when the area was penetrated, brutally violated and colonized by Europeans.