1st Edition

The Chiga of Western Uganda

By May M. Edel Copyright 1957
210 Pages
by Routledge

210 Pages
by Routledge

210 Pages
by Routledge

Originally published in 1957, this is an account of the Chiga, a Bantu tribe of Western Uganda. The Chiga are an independent farming people who have no tribal organization, and unlike the neighbouring East African peoples of a similar culture, no caste system. For this reason they are of particular comparative and historical interest. Full accounts are given of their social system, indigenous... Read more

1. Introduction

2. Social Structure

3. Kinship

4. Marriage

5. Economics

6. Social Control

7. Religion

8. Education

Biography

May M. Edel