1st Edition
Northern Bantu An Account of Some Central African Tribes of the Uganda Protectorate
By John Roscoe
Copyright 1966
364 Pages
by
Routledge
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First Published in 1966. John Roscoe (1861-1932) was an ordained Christian missionary who was elected a Fellow of the Royal Anthropological Society in 1912 for his contributions to the ethnographic record of Uganda. John Roscoe joined the Uganda mission in 1891 and upon returning to England in 1909 he began to publish the results of his investigations into the lives of the indigenous people in... Read more
Part I. The Banyoro, a Pastoral People: 1. The country, the people, the king; 2. Government; 3. Clans, totems and terms of relationship; 4. Marriage and birth; 5. Sickness and death; 6. Industries; 7. Warfare; 8. Hunting, drums and their use; 9. Religious beliefs; Part II. The Banyankole, a Pastoral Tribe of Ankole: 10. The country and people; 11. Government, clans and totems, marriage; 12. Birth customs, sickness, death and burial; 13. Religious beliefs, hunting, counting and division of time, music and games; Part III. The Bakene, Lake Dwellers: 14. The Bakene, lake dwellers; sociology, government, religion, fishing, building, dress and ornaments; Part IV. The Bagesu a Cannibal Tribe: 15. The Bagesu, cultivation, food and government; 16. Marriage, birth, sickness and death; 17. Religious beliefs; 18. Music, dancing, warfare, building, amusements and hunting; Part V. The Bagosa: 19. North-western district, central district and southern district; 20. Marriage and birth customs; 21. Sickness, death and burial; 22. Government, industries, pleasures, building and warfare; 23. Religious beliefs; Part VI. Nilotic Tribes, the Bateso and the Kavirondo: 24. The Bateso and their country, government, social customs and religion; 25. The Nilotic Kavirondo and their country, government, marriage, birth and puberty; 26. Sickness, death, burial, warfare, industries, religion and relationships; Index.
Biography
John Roscoe (1861-1932) was an ordained Christian missionary.
