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The Pygmies Were Our Compass
Bantu and Batwa in the History of West Central Africa, Early Times to c. 1900 C.E.
The Pygmies Were Our Compass
Bantu and Batwa in the History of West Central Africa, Early Times to c. 1900 C.E.
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Covering more than 2,000 years this important region's history, this book is a groundbreaking contribution to the knowledge of pre-colonial Africa.
Covering more than 2,000 years this important region's history, this book is a groundbreaking contribution to the knowledge of pre-colonial Africa. It is the first historical work to reconstruct a Batwa or Pygmy past, thereby questioning Western epistemologies that have long portrayed the Batwa as a quintessential people without history.
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List of Maps, Figures, and TablesMAPS1Speech Communities Included in Lexicostatistical Classification xxiv2.1The Physical Geography of West-Central Africa 372.2Initial Divergence out of Northwestern Cameroon, c. 4000–2700 b.c.e. 442.3The Formation of New Speech Communities, c. 2700–1500 b.c.e. 464.1Early Ironworking Sites in West and Central Africa 1004.2New Pottery Traditions, c. 1500–500 b.c.e. 1056.1West-Central Africa during the Atlantic era, c. 1500–1900 c.e. 173FIGURE2.1Successive Divergences of the Proto-Bantu Speech Community 45TABLES2.1Classificatory Schema for Archaeological Data 524.1The Formation of New Speech Communities, c. 1500–500 b.c.e. 1044.2aProto-Babinga Vocabulary 1124.2bProbable Proto-Babinga Vocabulary 1146.1The Formation of New Speech Communities, c. 700–1000 c.e. 1716.2Ebongwe Lexicon 1926.3Forest-Specialist Languages of Southern Congo Republic and Gabon 206
Product details
| Published | Dec 19 2003 |
|---|---|
| Format | Hardback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 288 |
| ISBN | 9780325071046 |
| Imprint | Greenwood |
| Dimensions | 235 x 156 mm |
| Series | Social History of Africa |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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