Dance and Society in Eastern Africa 1890–1970: The Beni NgomaThis title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1975. |
Contents
The Origins of Beni | 9 |
Beni and the Great War for Civilization 191419 | 45 |
Beni in the Towns of Eastern Africa between the Wars | 77 |
Beni in the Diaspora between the Wars | 106 |
The End of Beni | 141 |
CONCLUSION | 164 |
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Dance and Society in Eastern Africa, 1890-1970: The Beni Ngoma Terence O. Ranger Limited preview - 1975 |
Common terms and phrases
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