Book
The customs of the Baganda
Columbia University Press • 22 • Published In 1934 • Pages: 199
By: Kagwa, Apolo, Kalibala, Ernest B., Edel, May M. (May Mandelbaum), Roscoe, John.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Sir Apolo Kagwa, a prominent citizen of Buganda, having been both regent and prime minister, originally wrote in his native language, Luganda. The general character of the book is well described in the preface, pp. 7-8, which should be consulted. On the whole, the data are cast in the form of traditional history and are centered primarily on the 'kings' of Buganda, their roles, activities, wives, courts, appointed officials, and so forth. Interspersed with these data, however, and in a number of shorter, separate chapters, a good deal of information is provided on many aspects of the culture ranging from religion and military organization to crops, games, and pottery making. The researcher unacquainted with Ganda culture may find sections of this book difficult to comprehend, and is advised to consult first one of the standard monographs such as 1: Mair or 2: Roscoe in this file. In fact, as Edel points out in the preface, this monograph presents essentially an annotation and expansion of 2: Roscoe.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Traditional history
- Chief executive
- Vocabulary
- Polygamy
- Spirits and gods
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Ganda
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1998
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Africa
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Eastern Africa
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Indigenous Person
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Robert O. Lagacé ; 1962
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- ca. 1910
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1200-1900
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Uganda
- NotesAdditional notes
- By Sir Apolo Kagwa ; translated by Ernest B. Kalibala ; Edited by May Mandelbaum (Edel)
- Includes index
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- a40001324
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Ganda (African people)