C. W. Hobley, Hobley C. W.

Ethnology of A-Kamba and Other East African Tribes

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Produktbeschreibung

The first ethnography of the Kamba, written by C. W. Hobley (1867 1947) and first published in 1910.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 250
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. September 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 358g
• ISBN-13: 9781108010443
• ISBN-10: 110801044X
• Artikelnr.: 31202931

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Prefatory note
Part I: 1. Distribution of the A-Kamba
2. Physical characteristics
3. Food, meals, etc.
4. Personal ornamentation, etc.
5. Agriculture and crops
6. Cattle brands, etc.
7. Industries and arts
8. Dress, personal ornaments, etc.
9. Weapons, warfare, etc.
10. Social and other grades of kinship
11. Salutations, measurement of time, natural phenomena, dances, riddles, etc.
12. Miscellaneous
13. Birth customs
14. Marriage customs
15. Death and burial customs
16. Circumcision
17. Law, land tenure, etc.
18. Religion and beliefs
19. Medicine men, magic, etc.
20. Prohibitions, omens, etc.
21. Folk lore
Part II: 1. Social organization of the Masai
2. Names of children, shield patterns, cattle brands
3. Early colonization of British east African highlands
4. A-Kikuyu history and notes on land tenure, magic, etc.
5. Notes on the Mogogodo tribe, with vocabulary
6. Notes on the Mweru tribe
7. Notes on the Sambur, Laikipiak, Elgeyo, Uasingishu tribes and their sub-divisions
Appendix
Index
Map.