Space of Transformation : Kigoma-Ujiji, a Global History of a Liminal Town Since the Mid-Nineteenth Century
Drawing on a wide range of archives, historical publications, oral history, graphic, audiovisual and web sources, Geert Castryck presents Kigoma-Ujiji as both shaping and being shaped by global transformations. On the surface, the book offers almost two centuries of urban history on Lake Tanganyika...
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De Gruyter Oldenbourg
2025
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