3 The Consolidation of Belgian Rule: Initial Patterns of “Native Administration” (1891-1918)

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Preface v
3. Acknowledgments xiii
4. Contents xv
5. Tables xvi
6. Maps xvii
7. Abbreviations xx
8. 1 Cultural Diffusion and Political Expansion: The Growth and Decline of the Lunda State 1
9. 2 The European Penetration and Partition of Lunda 20
10. 3 The Consolidation of Belgian Rule: Initial Patterns of “Native Administration” (1891-1918) 41
11. 4 Prelude to Dismemberment: Administrative Rationality and the Policy of “Ethnic Autonomy” (1919 - 1932) 65
12. 5 Stagnation and Change: The Depression and the Crisis of Colonial Administration 100
13. 6 Out of the Depression and through the War: The Bureaucratizing of the Chieftaincy 133
14. 7 From Tribalism to Ethnicity: The Growth of Lunda and Cokwe National Sentiments 159
15. 8 Decolonization, Secession, Reunification: The Lunda and Cokwe Through the Congo Crisis 196
16. 9 Conclusion 223
17. Appendix 243
18. Notes 245
19. Bibliography 281
20. Index 293