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.
| ISBN: | 9781138598522 |
| Publication date: | 29th April 2020 |
| Author: | Bronislaw Stefaniszyn |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 196 pages |
| Series: | African Ethnographic Studies of the 20th Century |
| Genres: |
Social and cultural anthropology |