Social and Ritual Life of the Ambo of Northern Rhodesia
Bronislaw Stefaniszyn author Raymond Apthorpe editor
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
Published:22nd Aug '18
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Originally published in 1964, this is a detailed ethnographic record and sympathetic study of Ambo beliefs and activities. The significance of the clan and the matrilineage are discussed and the organization of the village and chiefdom analysed. Childhood and puberty, marriage, death, succession and inheritance are covered, along with religious concpets and divination, with its stress on the importance of the high god.
ISBN: 9781138598478
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 430g
196 pages