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Bronislaw Stefaniszyn
Social and Ritual Life of the Ambo of Northern Rhodesia [PDF ebook]

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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.

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Format PDF ● Pagini 196 ● ISBN 9780429942662 ● Editor Raymond Apthorpe ● Editura Taylor and Francis ● Publicat 2018 ● Descărcabil 3 ori ● Valută EUR ● ID 6546089 ● Protecție împotriva copiilor Adobe DRM

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