The rainbow and the kings : a history of the Luba Empire to 1891
Print Book, English, ©1981
University of California Press, Berkeley, ©1981
History
xx, 286 pages ; 22 cm
9780520041400, 0520041402
6422701
Section One. Pedestrians, paddlers and men of memory : Introduction
Sources
Section Two. From the rainbow to the kings : The myth
The charter
Kings and chronology
Section Three. Empire emergent : The early record
Pyramids upon pyramids
Savanna trade
Section four. The age of kings : Dynastic history in the 18th century
The generation of King Ilunga Sungu
The generation of King Kumwimbe Ngombe
The generation of King Ilunga Kabale
Section Five. Disintegration and collapse, 1860s to 1891 : The conquest undone : The loss of the frontiers
Disintegration at the center
Section Six. The rainbow abd the kings
An African history : Conclusions and comparisons