Ethnicity in the African Great Lakes Region from a World-Systems Perspective (19th-20th century)

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Ghent University

We focuss on the interaction between social order, global conditions and representations of ethnicity in the African Great Lakes region (Rwanda, Burundi and Ijwi) in the nineteenth and twentieth century. From a world-systems perspective, the emphasis lays on the long term - before, during and after colonialism - and on the spatial aspect, exceeding the state as an investigation unit.

Timeframe:

1 Oct 2005 → 26 Jul 2010

Keywords:

19th-20th century,World-Systems Analysis,ethnicity,African Great Lakes region

Discipline codes:

• HUMANITIES (H)
  • History and arts
    • Contemporary history (ca. 1800 - 1914)
    • Contemporary history (since 1914)
    • Colonial history