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Matrilineal descent and marital stabilityarticle 1969 • Brain, James Lewton
Luguru • Africa > Eastern Africa
This study argues that marriage in Luguru society tends to be stable for the first twenty-or-so years, after which the rate of divorce rises rapidly as mothers leave to live with their sons and brothers. This pattern has to do with the internal dynam...Boys' initiation rites among the Luguru of eastern Tanzaniaarticle 1980 • Brain, James Lewton
Luguru • Africa > Eastern Africa
Luguru youth are initiated into adulthood through extensive rites. For boys, the rituals involve isolation in a remote forest where they receive secret instructions as a group on a range of issues, including sexual intercourse, personal hygiene, poli...Kingaluarticle 1971 • Brain, James Lewton
Luguru • Africa > Eastern Africa
This is a theoretically-informed analysis of major events, characters and motives in a popular and well-documented Luguru origin myth. By interpreting its contents from different angles, the author argues that it holds the key to understanding the dy...Symbolic rebirtharticle 1978 • Brain, James Lewton
Luguru • Africa > Eastern Africa
This study argues that Luguru female initiation rites can be linked to what the author calls "unconscious male envy of female procreativity." This claim is justified through systematic interpretation of important symbols and prescriptions featured du...