The horrific tragedies of Central Africa in the 1990s riveted the attention of the world. But these crises did not occur in a historical vacuum.
David Newbury is the Gwendolen Carter Professor of African Studies at Smith College. His books include Kings and Clans: A Social History of the Lake Kivu Rift Valley, African Historiographies: What History for Which Africa?, and Paths to the Past: Essays in Honor of Jan Vansina.
“This collection is a fitting survey of a career dedicated to
understanding the history of a place that came to dominate the
world’s attention for a short period and the drifted back under the
radar. The Land Beyond the Mists showcases some of the most
innovative work in the field of African History in essays that
explore the history of Rwanda, most importantly is western marches,
and other pre-twentieth states of the Great Lakes region.”
“The Land beyond the Mists is far more than a ‘must read’ for
everyone interested in the history of Central Africa. It powerfully
demonstrates the achievements of Africanist historiography over the
last four decades and represents historical work at its best:
empirically based, methodologically sophisticated, locally
informed, broadly inclusive.”
*African Studies Review*
“The Land Beyond the Mists serves as a fitting testament to a
distinguished career of scholarship devoted to unearthing
overlooked perspectives into the deep past of an often neglected
area of the continent.”
*Journal of African History*
“Newbury's essays … provide sophisticated approaches to
understanding the recent troubled trajectory of the Kivu Rift
Valley. … (A) rich collection that traces (Newbury’s) personal
intellectual journey as much as it explores the tortuous history of
the land beyond the mists.”
*Africa: The Journal of the IAI*
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