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Bemba myth and ritualBook 1983 • Maxwell, Kevin B. (Kevin Burns)
Bemba • Africa > Southern Africa
Maxwell bases this study of the Bemba on the distinction between an oral-aural culture, one that pertains to the mouth and ear, and a visualist culture, which pertains to the eye. The Bemba are members of an oral society. Hearing is their primary cog...