Paths in the Rain Forests: Towards a History of Political Tradition in Equatorial Africa

The rainforests of equatorial Africa cover an area almost as large as Western Europe and some 12 million people live there. So why has this area remained without a historiography? Vansina disputes the myth of an unchanging past in a hostile environment and demonstrates that there are rich and complex political, social and economic histories to be uncovered, as varied as the forest habitats themselves. North America: University of Wisconsin PressVansina, Jan is the author of 'Paths in the Rain Forests: Towards a History of Political Tradition in Equatorial Africa', published 1991 under ISBN 9780852550748 and ISBN 085255074X.