Le Kongo (1350-1880): Plus qu'un royaume, un très vaste empire au coeur de l'Afrique centrale

Le Kongo (1350-1880): Plus qu'un royaume, un très vaste empire au coeur de l'Afrique centrale

Author: Amadou Ba

Publisher:

Published: 2021-06

Total Pages: 64

ISBN-13: 9781777742836

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L'empire du Kongo est l'un des anciens États que l'Afrique médiévale ait connus. C'est un gigantesque territoire qui s'étendait de la République actuelle de l'Angola, où se trouvait sa capitale, Mbanza Kongo (devenue San Salvador sous la domination portugaise), à la République Démocratique du Kongo sans oublier le Congo Brazzaville et une bonne partie du Gabon. L'empire du Kongo couvrait une superficie égale à celle de l'Europe de l'Ouest actuelle. Par méconnaissance, ignorance, volonté de falsification ou de mépris, les Portugais et leurs successeurs européens dans cet espace, ont désigné cet immense empire comme un simple royaume en Afrique centrale. Grace à la combinaison de diverses sources écrites, orales et archéologiques, ce livre apporte un cinglant démenti à ce mensonge historique et présente les aspects les plus marquants de l'empire du Kongo en mettant l'accent sur l'économie, la politique, la vie sociale et culturelle mais aussi les relations avec le monde extérieur notamment avec le royaume du Portugal, première puissance mondiale au 15e siècle. Un des objectifs majeurs de ce livre est de déconstruire certains stéréotypes et préjugés négatifs qui persistent encore aujourd'hui sur l'Afrique, les Africains et donc sur ce glorieux empire du Kongo et ses habitants.


Political Protest in the Congo

Political Protest in the Congo

Author: Herbert Weiss

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Published: 2019-03-12

Total Pages: 351

ISBN-13: 0691198640

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In this first detailed study of the PSA, a party that has played a crucial role in Congolese politics, Weiss describes the growth of political parties from 1957 to 1960, and gives a history of the PSA, and of the anti-colonial protest in the Kwango-Kwilu area. Originally published in 1967. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.


The Tender Soldier

The Tender Soldier

Author: Vanessa M. Gezari

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2013-08-13

Total Pages: 369

ISBN-13: 1439177392

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Part of the Pentagon's most daring and controversial attempt since Vietnam to bring social science to the Afghanistan battlefield, three tough-minded American civilians find their humanity tested and their lives forever changed by this little-known mission.


Droll Stories

Droll Stories

Author: Honore de Balzac

Publisher: anboco

Published: 2016-08-20

Total Pages: 576

ISBN-13: 3736406053

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THE FAIR IMPERIA THE VENIAL SIN THE KING'S SWEETHEART THE DEVIL'S HEIR THE MERRIE JESTS OF KING LOUIS THE ELEVENTH THE HIGH CONSTABLE'S WIFE THE MAID OF THILOUSE THE BROTHERS-IN-ARMS THE VICAR OF AZAY-LE-RIDEAU THE REPROACH THE THREE CLERKS OF ST. NICHOLAS THE CONTINENCE OF KING FRANCIS THE FIRST THE MERRY TATTLE OF THE NUNS OF POISSY HOW THE CHATEAU D'AZAY CAME TO BE BUILT THE FALSE COURTESAN THE DANGER OF BEING TOO INNOCENT THE DEAR NIGHT OF LOVE THE SERMON OF THE MERRY VICAR OF MEUDON THE SUCCUBUS DESPAIR IN LOVE PERSEVERANCE IN LOVE CONCERNING A PROVOST WHO DID NOT RECOGNISE THINGS ABOUT THE MONK AMADOR, WHO WAS A GLORIOUS ABBOT OF TURPENAY BERTHA THE PENITENT HOW THE PRETTY MAID OF PORTILLON CONVINCED HER JUDGE IN WHICH IT IS DEMONSTRATED THAT FORTUNE IS ALWAYS FEMININE CONCERNING A POOR MAN WHO WAS CALLED LE VIEUX PAR-CHEMINS ODD SAYINGS OF THREE PILGRIMS INNOCENCE THE FAIR IMPERIA MARRIED


Le Corbusier - Œuvre complète Volume 1: 1910-1929

Le Corbusier - Œuvre complète Volume 1: 1910-1929

Author: Willy Boesiger

Publisher: Birkhäuser

Published: 2015-04-24

Total Pages: 216

ISBN-13: 3035602859

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This exceptional Complete Works edition documents the enormous spectrum in the oeuvre of one of the most influential architects of the 20th Century. Published between 1929 and 1970, in close collaboration with Le Corbusier himself, and frequently reprinted ever since, the eight volumes comprise an exhaustive and singular survey of his work.


Anti-Piketty

Anti-Piketty

Author: Jean-Philippe Delsol

Publisher: Cato Institute

Published: 2017-03-01

Total Pages: 300

ISBN-13: 1944424261

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Thomas Piketty's book Capital in the Twenty-First Century has enjoyed great success and provides a new theory about wealth and inequality. However, there have been major criticisms of his work. Anti-Piketty: Capital for the 21st Century collects key criticisms from 20 specialists—economists, historians, and tax experts—who provide rigorous arguments against Piketty's work while examining the notions of inequality, growth, wealth, and capital.