Ethnology of A-Kamba and Other East African Tribes
Ethnology of A-Kamba and Other East African Tribes
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inc GSTC. W. Hobley (1867–1947) was a colonial administrator who was stationed in Kenya between 1894 and 1921. Following the implementation of Indirect Rule in Kenya, indigenous law and custom were followed in political and judicial proceedings, with the colonial administration requiring a working knowledge of traditional customs. This book contains information collected by C. W. Hobley during his tenure as administrator of Nyanza Province and was first published in 1910 as part of the Cambridge Archaeological and Ethnological Series. This detailed ethnography was the first systematic survey of the Kamba people, and provides a comprehensive description of their traditional society, cultural practices and political and economic life. A description of the social organization of the Masai people is also provided. This volume contains views on ethnicity which were acceptable at the time it was first published.
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December 2010Paperback
9781108010443
250 pages
216 × 140 × 14 mm
0.32kg
44 b/w illus. 1 map
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Table of Contents
- 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.
