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The Lugbara of Uganda by Middleton, John, 1921- is a book available to read on EtoBox.

What is The Lugbara of Uganda about?

Bibliography: p. 93-95 The people and their country. The country ; Contact with the outside world ; The economy of Lugbaraland ; Farm and settlement -- The form of Lugbara Society. High people and low people ; Myth, time, and space -- Family, clan, and lineage. The family cluster and its elder ; The composition of the family cluster ; Notions of descent ; Clan dispersal ; Host and accessory groups ; Remnant clans ; The lineage system ; Rainmakers and holders of political authority -- The wider community. Interlineage relations and law and order ; Feud and warfare ; Chiefs, headmen, and the administration of justice -- Marriage and maternal kinship. Marriage and exogamy ; Kin by marriage -- Spirit and the ancestors. Offenses and sins ; Spirit and the nature of man ; Death and burial ; Death dances ; Contacting the soul -- The cult of the dead. The ritual position of the elder ; Ghost invocation and vengeance ; Oracles ; The rite of sacrifice ; Witches and sorcerers ; Cult, accusation, and ambition ; The prophetic cult of Yakan -- Conclusion: The changing society

Author

Middleton, John, 1921-

Publisher

New York, Holt, Rinehart and Winston

Published

1965

Language

EN

Subjects

Sociology, Anthropology, Social_sciences