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Defeat is the only bad news : Rwanda under Musinga, 1896 -1931
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- Creator
- Alison Liebhafsky Des Forges ; edited by David Newbury
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- English
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- Madison, Wis. : The University of Wisconsin Press, [2011]
- ©2011
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- xxxviii, 306 pages : maps ; 23 cm
- ISBNs
- 0299281442, 9780299281441, 9780299281434, 0299281434
- OCLC
- ocn719387791, ocn666573525, ocn927483540
- "This text is in large part the dissertation of Alison Liebhafsky Des Forges as originally presented to the Yale University Department of History in 1972"--Editor's note.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-295) and index.
- A tumultuous transition: the accession of Musinga -- The Catholic Church, the German administration, and the Nyiginya court -- The missionaries, the court, and the local community, 1904-1910 -- Musinga's coming of age, 1905-1913 -- Extending court power, 1905-1913: the conquest of the northern regions -- New Europeans, new court tactics, 1913--1919: the arrival of the Belgians -- Alliances that bind and divide, 1919-1922: Belgian rule and the court -- Divide and rule, 1922--1925: emerging factions at the court -- The rationalization of power, 1925-1931: the deposition of Musinga