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Social and Ritual Life of the Ambo of Northern Rhodesia (African Ethnographic Studies of the 20th Century) - Softcover

Book 42 of 77: African Ethnographic Studies of the 20th Century

Stefaniszyn, Bronislaw

 
9781138598522: Social and Ritual Life of the Ambo of Northern Rhodesia (African Ethnographic Studies of the 20th Century)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1138598526 ISBN 13: 9781138598522
Publisher: Routledge, 2020

Synopsis

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.

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About the Author

Bronislaw Stefaniszyn, Raymond Apthorpe

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2020
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1138598526
ISBN 13 
9781138598522
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
196
Editor
Apthorpe Raymond