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Bantu Beliefs and Magic: With Particular Reference to the Kikuyu and Kamba Tribes of Kenya Colony; Together with Some Reflections on East Afric Hardcover -
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- Title Bantu Beliefs and Magic: With Particular Reference to the Kikuyu and Kamba Tribes of Kenya Colony; Together with Some Reflections on East Afric
- Author C. W. Hobley
- Binding Hardcover
- Pages 402
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Routledge
- ISBN 9781138391857 / 1138391859
- Weight 1 lbs (0.45 kg)
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- Ethnic Orientation: African
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Hardback. New. First published in 1922, the author of this book was for many years a Provincial Commissioner of what was then the Kenya Colony whose main objects were to place on record the results of investigations made among the native tribes in British East Africa, particularly among the Kikuyu and Kamba people, and to endeavour from a study of their ceremonial with regard to sacrifice and taboo, to obtain a better insight into the principles which underlie the outward forms and ceremonies of their ritual. Together with natural religion and magic, the author discusses a variety of social activities influenced by religious beliefs, such as the organisation of councils, ceremonial oaths, war and peace, dances, legends, and the position of women in tribal society. The functions of some of the practices are self-evident or can be explained within the limits of psychological or anthropological terms, whilst others remain unexplained and seem inexplicable, even futile. The author's careful…
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Taylor & Francis, 2019. Hardcover. New. 402 pages.
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