Social and Ritual Life of the Ambo of Northern Rhodesia

by Bronislaw Stefaniszyn

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Format Hardback or Cased Book

Book Series African Ethnographic Studies of the 20th Century

ISBN-10 113859847X

ISBN-13 9781138598478

Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd

Imprint Routledge

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Aug 22nd, 2018

Print length 196 Pages

Weight 416 grams

Dimensions 16.50 x 24.30 x 1.10 cms

Product Classification: Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography

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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.

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