The Chiga of Western Uganda

1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-1-138-58993-3
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 210 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 330 g

Reihe: African Ethnographic Studies of the 20th Century

Originally published in 1957, this is an account of the Chiga, a Bantu tribe of Western Uganda. The Chiga are an independent farming people who have no tribal organization, and unlike the neighbouring East African peoples of a similar culture, no caste system. For this reason they are of particular comparative and historical interest. Full accounts are given of their social system, indigenous legal procedure, land and property rights, domestic and economic life and religious beliefs, with particular reference to the powerful Nyabingi cult, which, until its suppression by the British, was of vital social and political importance.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Edel, May M.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Historische & Regionale Volkskunde
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction 2. Social Structure 3. Kinship 4. Marriage 5. Economics 6. Social Control 7. Religion 8. Education

Über Autor(innen)

May M. Edel