Author: Harry Johnston
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : African languages
Languages : en
Pages : 590
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The Uganda Protectorate
Author: Harry Johnston
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : African languages
Languages : en
Pages : 590
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : African languages
Languages : en
Pages : 590
Book Description
The Uganda Protectorate
Author: Harry Johnston
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Africa
Languages : en
Pages : 594
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Africa
Languages : en
Pages : 594
Book Description
The Uganda Protectorate
Author: Harry Johnston
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : African languages
Languages : en
Pages : 596
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : African languages
Languages : en
Pages : 596
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Hunter-Gatherers of the Congo Basin
Author: Barry S. Hewlett
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351514113
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 699
Book Description
The forest foragers of the Congo Basin, known collectively as "Pygmies," are the largest and most diverse group of active hunter-gatherers remaining in the world. At least fifteen different ethno-linguistic groups exist in the Congo Basin with a total population of 250,000 to 350,000 individuals. Extensive knowledge about these groups has accumulated in the last forty years, but readers have been forced to piece together what is known from many sources. French, Japanese, American, and British researchers have conducted the majority of the research; each national research group has its own academic traditions, history, and publications. Here, leading academic authorities from diverse national traditions summarize recent research on forest hunter-gatherers. The volume explores the diversity and uniformity of Congo Basin hunter-gatherer life by providing detailed but accessible overviews of recent research. It represents the first book in over twenty-five years to provide a comprehensive and holistic overview of African forest hunter-gatherers. Chapters discuss the cultural variation in characteristic features of Congo Basin hunter-gatherer life, such as their yodeled polyphonic music, pronounced egalitarianism, multiple-child caregiving, and complex relations with neighboring farming groups. Other contributors address theoretical issues, such as why Pygmies are short, how tropical forest hunter-gatherers live without the carbohydrates they receive from neighboring farmers, and how hunter-gatherer children learn to share so extensively.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351514113
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 699
Book Description
The forest foragers of the Congo Basin, known collectively as "Pygmies," are the largest and most diverse group of active hunter-gatherers remaining in the world. At least fifteen different ethno-linguistic groups exist in the Congo Basin with a total population of 250,000 to 350,000 individuals. Extensive knowledge about these groups has accumulated in the last forty years, but readers have been forced to piece together what is known from many sources. French, Japanese, American, and British researchers have conducted the majority of the research; each national research group has its own academic traditions, history, and publications. Here, leading academic authorities from diverse national traditions summarize recent research on forest hunter-gatherers. The volume explores the diversity and uniformity of Congo Basin hunter-gatherer life by providing detailed but accessible overviews of recent research. It represents the first book in over twenty-five years to provide a comprehensive and holistic overview of African forest hunter-gatherers. Chapters discuss the cultural variation in characteristic features of Congo Basin hunter-gatherer life, such as their yodeled polyphonic music, pronounced egalitarianism, multiple-child caregiving, and complex relations with neighboring farming groups. Other contributors address theoretical issues, such as why Pygmies are short, how tropical forest hunter-gatherers live without the carbohydrates they receive from neighboring farmers, and how hunter-gatherer children learn to share so extensively.
A History of African Motherhood
Author: Rhiannon Stephens
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107244994
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 379
Book Description
This history of African motherhood over the longue durée demonstrates that it was, ideologically and practically, central to social, economic, cultural and political life. The book explores how people in the North Nyanzan societies of Uganda used an ideology of motherhood to shape their communities. More than biology, motherhood created essential social and political connections that cut across patrilineal and cultural-linguistic divides. The importance of motherhood as an ideology and a social institution meant that in chiefdoms and kingdoms queen mothers were powerful officials who legitimated the power of kings. This was the case in Buganda, the many kingdoms of Busoga, and the polities of Bugwere. By taking a long-term perspective from c.700 to 1900 CE and using an interdisciplinary approach - drawing on historical linguistics, comparative ethnography, and oral traditions and literature, as well as archival sources - this book shows the durability, mutability and complexity of ideologies of motherhood in this region.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107244994
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 379
Book Description
This history of African motherhood over the longue durée demonstrates that it was, ideologically and practically, central to social, economic, cultural and political life. The book explores how people in the North Nyanzan societies of Uganda used an ideology of motherhood to shape their communities. More than biology, motherhood created essential social and political connections that cut across patrilineal and cultural-linguistic divides. The importance of motherhood as an ideology and a social institution meant that in chiefdoms and kingdoms queen mothers were powerful officials who legitimated the power of kings. This was the case in Buganda, the many kingdoms of Busoga, and the polities of Bugwere. By taking a long-term perspective from c.700 to 1900 CE and using an interdisciplinary approach - drawing on historical linguistics, comparative ethnography, and oral traditions and literature, as well as archival sources - this book shows the durability, mutability and complexity of ideologies of motherhood in this region.
Images and Empires
Author: Paul S. Landau
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520229495
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
This volume considers the meaning and power of images in African history and culture. It assembles a wide-ranging collection of essays dealing with specific visual forms, including monuments cinema, cartoons, domestic and professional photography, body art, world fairs, and museum exhibits.
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520229495
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
This volume considers the meaning and power of images in African history and culture. It assembles a wide-ranging collection of essays dealing with specific visual forms, including monuments cinema, cartoons, domestic and professional photography, body art, world fairs, and museum exhibits.
Publishers' Circular and Booksellers' Record of British and Foreign Literature
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Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 1460
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Publisher:
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Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 1460
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The Ibis
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Category : Birds
Languages : en
Pages : 968
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Category : Birds
Languages : en
Pages : 968
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Elihu Root Collection of United States Documents Relating to the Philippine Islands
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Category : Philippines
Languages : en
Pages : 1190
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Publisher:
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Category : Philippines
Languages : en
Pages : 1190
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The Vegetation and Soils of Africa
Author: Homer LeRoy Shantz
Publisher:
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 338
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Publisher:
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 338
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