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Social and Ritual Life of the Ambo of Northern Rhodesia

Bronislaw Stefaniszyn author Raymond Apthorpe editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd

Published:29th Apr '20

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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: 9781138598522

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 294g

196 pages