Games Against Nature: An Eco-Cultural History of the Nunu of Equatorial Africa

(Part of the Studies in Environment and History Series)

by Robert W. Harms

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Africa's equatorial rain forests cover an area roughly the size of continental Western Europe, and yet the history of this area remains largely unexplored. Robert Harms makes an important advance in this book toward recovering that history by telling the story of the Nunu, who live in and around the swampy floodplains of the middle Zaire River. A key element in Nunu history has been the small-scale, short-distance migrations that continually led individuals...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0521655358

ISBN13:9780521655354

Release Date:October 1999

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Length:300 Pages

Weight:0.90 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Related Subjects

Africa Biological Sciences Biology & Life Sciences Central Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Ecology Ethnic Studies History Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Politics & Social Sciences

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