Rituals of Kinship Among the Nyakyusa
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African anthropology
Agnatic Kinsmen
Author_Monica Wilson
Banana Grove
Bear Children
birth
burial rites
Calabash Cup
Catches Hold
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Chief Mourners
Chief Mwaipopo
Death Ritual
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ethnographic case study
Father's Homestead
Father's Sister
Father’s Homestead
Father’s Sister
Full Brothers
genealogies
Ikipiki Medicine
kinship systems
marriage
Millet Porridge
misfortune
Nyakyusa
Nyakyusa Age Villages
Nyakyusa funeral and birth rituals
Nyakyusa Ritual
Nyakyusa Society
Powdered Medicine
psychological anthropology
puberty
Puberty Ritual
ritual
ritual symbolism
Senior Kinsman
Senior Wife
social structure analysis
Sweet Banana
Tanzania
Twin Birth
Twin Ritual
Winnowing Basket
Young Men
Product details
- ISBN 9781138600355
- Weight: 720g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 22 Aug 2018
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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Originally published in 1957, analyses the rituals celebrated by groups of kinsmen on the occasion of births, marriages and deaths within the age villages of the Nyakyusa. the connection between the form of the rituals and the kinship structure is examined. The symbolism of the rituals throws great light on the psychological reactions of this African people to death and birth, sin and misfortune, expiation and reconciliation.
