Format:
Online-Ressource (383 p)
ISBN:
9780714616599
Content:
First published in 1924, this account was written by a Senior Commissioner of the Tanganyika Territory
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Description based upon print version of record
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Cover; KILIMANJARO AND ITS PEOPLE: A History of the Wachagga,Their Laws, Customs and Legends, together withSome Account of the Highest Mountainin Africa; Copyright; INTRODUCTION; CONTENTS; CHAPTER I KILIMANJARO; CHAPTER II HISTORY; I-CLAN PERIOD; II-BIRTH AND GROWTH OF CHIEFSHIP; III-THE PERIOD OF PARAMOUNT CHIEFS; IV-THE EUROPEAN PERIOD; CHAPTER III RELIGION; I-THE GOD RUWA; II-SPIRITS; III-SACRIFICES; (a) Private Sacrifices; (b) Public Sacrifices; IV-SINS AND PURIFICATIONS; CHAPTER IV MAGIC; I-DIVINERS AND SOOTHSAYERS; II-WITCHCRAFT AND MEDICINE MEN; III-CURSES; CHAPTER V BURIAL
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CHAPTER VI CHILDHOOD AND YOUTHI-BIRTH AND INFANCY; II-CHILDHOOD; III-CIRCUMCISION; IV-INITIATION; CHAPTER VII MATRIMONY; I-BETROTHAL; II-MARRIAGE; III-DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE; CHAPTER VIII OCCUPATIONS AND INDUSTRIES; I-HUT BUILDING; II-AGRICULTURE; III-STOCK BREEDING; IV-ARTS AND CRAFTS; CHAPTER IX CONSTITUTION AND LAW; I-POLITICAL AND JUDICIAL; II-PROCEDURE AND LAW; III-(A) CRIME; (B) LIABILITIES AND PROPERTY; CHAPTER X LEGENDS; CHAPTER XI CHAGGA PROVERBS; INDEX;
Additional Edition:
9781136249334
Additional Edition:
Print version Kilimanjaro and Its People : A History of Wachagga, their Laws, Customs and Legends, Together with Some
Language:
English
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