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Title:The Clans of Rwanda: An Historical Hypothesis
Author:Newbury, David S.
Year:1980
Periodical:Africa: Journal of the International African Institute
Volume:50
Issue:4
Pages:389-403
Language:English
Geographic term:Rwanda
Subjects:kinship
Peoples of Africa (Ethnic Groups)
External links:https://www.jstor.org/stable/1158430
https://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&res_dat=xri:pao:&rft_dat=xri:pao:article:4011-1980-050-00-000028
Abstract:The concept of clan as a historical category in the Rwandan context is reassessed. In order to explain apparent contradictions in the 'empirical' data, the concepts of clan status in Rwanda must be re-examined, and in particular, the changes over time in these concepts must be accounted for. The author argues that clan changes were not simply a result of individuals moving from on clan to another, or members of one clan dispersing over the land, but also a result of changes in the very conceptual categories from which clan identities derived. This is not to say that clans changed randomly but neither were they the static, enduring primordial feature of Rwandan social structures they are often made out to be. Map, notes, ref., tab., French sum.
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