Chronology, migration, and drought in interlacustrine Africa / edited by J.B. Webster. - London : [Halifax] : Longman ; Dalhousie University Press, 1979. - xvi, 345 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. - Dalhousie African studies series . - Dalhousie African studies series (London, England) .

Nine of the chapters were first presented at the Canadian Association of African Studies annual conference, held at Dalhousie University in 1974.

Includes bibliographies and index.

Noi! Noi! / J.B. Webster -- Hydrology and chronology / R.S. Herring -- Courts, clans, and chronology in the Kitara Complex / Carole Buchanan -- The reign of the gods / J.B. Webster -- Ilembo, Nkanda and the girls / Buluda Itandala -- Three Muraris, three Gahayas, and the four phases of Nyabingi / Jim Freedman -- The kingdoms of the march / E.I. Steinhart -- Palwo jogi / Ade Adefuye -- The generations of turmoil and stress / R.A. Sargent -- 'When the Ngitome speared their oxen' / J.E. Lamphear -- The view from Mount Otuke / R.S. Herring -- Raindrums of the Sor / John Weatherby.

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Africa, Eastern--History.
Africa, Eastern--Historiography.
Africa, Eastern--History--Chronology.

DT365.5 / .W43 1979

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