| Social and Ritual Life of the Ambo of Northern Rhodesia Contributor(s): Stefaniszyn, Bronislaw (Author), Apthorpe, Raymond (Editor) |
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ISBN: 113859847X ISBN-13: 9781138598478 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $123.75 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Regional Studies - Social Science | Anthropology - General |
| Physical Information: 196 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
