Book

Aspects of Bunyoro customs and tradition

East African Literature BureauNairobiPublished In 1970 • Pages:

By: Nyakatura, J. W. (John W.), Rigby, Zebiya Kwamya.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This book is a translation of a school textbook on Bunyoro customs by an Nyoro historian. It is a personal account of marriage ceremonies, family relationships, traditional education, friendship, songs, spirit possession, divination, court structure, and history.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Tillage
Cereal agriculture
Division of labor by gender
Music
Friendships
Nuptials
Spirits and gods
Revelation and divination
Organized ceremonial
Reproduction
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
Book
Evaluation
Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
Historian
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.
4: Excellent Secondary 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
no date
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
not Specified
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Western Province, Uganda
NotesAdditional notes
Translated, annotated, and with a pref. by Zebiya Kwamya Rigby
Includes bibliographical references
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
72181963
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Nyoro (African people)