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The Kaguru: A Matrilineal People of East Africa

By T. O. Beidelman

Book information

Publisher
Holt, Rinehart & Winston
Year
1971
ISBN
0030767652, 9780030767654
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
24 MB (25152393 bytes)
Series
Case Studies in Cultural Anthropology
Pages
128\148
Time added
2018-03-25 21:08:35
Cultural;Anthropology;Politics & Social Sciences;S

Description

This study presents a society from two perspectives in time. It describes Kaguru society as it existed during the colonial period of the 1960s, while also providing a sketch of some of the features of Kaguru society at an earlier period. The author describes and interprets the broader features of Kaguru life, land, livelihood, cosmology, clans, marriage, neighborhoods, life course, and the impact of the Christian mission. In so doing, he insightfully depicts the social behavior of the Kaguru, placing it within the framework of society as a whole.

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