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  • New Light on the “Jaga” Epi...
    Thornton, John K

    Cahiers d'études africaines, 01/2022, Letnik: 3, Številka: 247
    Journal Article

    The origin and nature of the Jaga invasion of Kongo is one of the longest standing debates in Africa’s historiography. This project, using a number of newly discovered documents, argues that the invasion was not a local revolt, did not stem from a constitutional crisis, and that it involved a small but highly competent army that entered the country through the Empire of Mwene Muji during the reign of king Bernardo I.