book chapter

The Bagesu and other tribes of the Uganda Protectorate: the third part of hte report of the Mackie ethnological expedition to Central Africa

The University PressCambridge [Eng.] • Published In 1924 • Pages:

By: Roscoe, John.

Abstract
This is an early account of Bagisu ethnography, written by a missionary-anthropologist, covering roughly the period of the late nineteenth to the early twentieth century. In some particulars this study differs somewhat from the culture summary in this file by J. S. LaFontaine whose data on the Bagisu covers a later period up to about 1954. Major topics discussed in this document are: socio-political organization, personal characteristics of the people (dress, ornaments, etc.), religion, agriculture, domestic animals, house construction, crafts, economics, birth, initiation ceremonies, marriage, sickness, death, inheritance, kinship terminology, and a short section on the Bakyiga clan.
Subjects
Domesticated animals
Tillage
Cereal agriculture
Body alterations
Inheritance
Rest days and holidays
Mode of marriage
Arranging a marriage
Kinship terminology
Clans
Theory of disease
Sorcery
Magical and mental therapy
Shamans and psychotherapists
Spirits and gods
Prayers and sacrifices
Difficult and unusual births
Puberty and initiation
culture
Bagisu
HRAF PubDate
2004
Region
Africa
Sub Region
Eastern Africa
Document Type
book chapter
Evaluation
Creator Types
Missionary
Anthropologist
Document Rating
4: Excellent Secondary Data
5: Excellent Primary Data
Analyst
John Beierle ; 2003
Field Date
no date
Coverage Date
not specified
Coverage Place
Bugisu District, Mount Elgon region, Uganda
Notes
John Roscoe
LCCN
24007128
LCSH
Gisu (African people)