| Baranzan's People: An Ethnohistory of the Bajju of the Middle Belt of Nigeria Contributor(s): McKinney, Carol V. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1556713991 ISBN-13: 9781556713996 Publisher: Summer Institute of Linguistics, Academic Pub OUR PRICE: $35.06 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christian Theology - Anthropology - History | Africa - West - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social |
| Series: Publications in Ethnography |
| Physical Information: 0.56" H x 6" W x 9" (0.79 lbs) 266 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian - Cultural Region - West Africa |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Based on in-depth fieldwork, research, and personal interviews, this comprehensive ethnographic study of the Bajju people of southern Kaduna State in Nigeria covers their origins, history, culture, religious beliefs, and practices. Bajju precolonial political-religious organization, economy, legal system, social organization, and values are described. Also included are chapters on the Hausa-Fulani, the colonial context, the Christian era, and cultural change. Ethnologists, missiologists, development personnel, and the Bajju themselves will find this a rich resource. For me as a Bajju scholar, this study is as important as E. E. Evans-Pritchard's classic study, Witchcraft, Oracles and Magic among the Azande (1937). For that reason, all Bajju sons and daughters must read this important work (from the foreword by Dr. Samuel Waje Kunhiyop). Baranzan's People: An Ethnohistory of the Bajju of the Middle Belt of Nigeria is a companion volume to Bajju Christian Conversion in the Middle Belt of Nigeria, published by SIL International(R) 2019. |
Contributor Bio(s): McKinney, Carol V.: - Carol V. McKinney (PhD, Southern Methodist University), along with husband Norris and their children, lived among the Bajju people of northern Nigeria over ten years while conducting fieldwork in anthropology and linguistics. |