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Nyoro marriage and affinity
Africa • 28 (1) • Published In 1958 • Pages: 1-22
By: Beattie, John.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Beattie examines six different kinds of marital union practiced in Bunyoro, which vary in prestige and in the kind and amount of marriage payments (MUKAGA). In the second part of the article, he discusses marriage arrangements and ceremonies. In the last three sections he discusses the relationships between husband and wife, husband and affines (BUKO), men and their clanswomen's children (BWIHWA). In the hierarchical system of Banyoro kinship relations, the husband is subordinate to his wife's kin, and is addressed as 'child' by his parents-in-law. Beattie discusses in detail the etiquette, exchanges, obligations, and avoidances associated with affinal relationships. .
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Mode of marriage
- Arranging a marriage
- Nuptials
- Kin relationships
- Avuncular and nepotic relatives
- Parents-in-law and children-in-law
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Banyoro
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2003
- 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
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- 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
- Ian Skoggard ; 2002
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1951-1955
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1953
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Kihoko, Western Province, Uganda
- NotesAdditional notes
- J. H. M. Beattie
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 29010790
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Nyoro (African people)