book chapter
The Bagesu and other tribes of the Uganda Protectorate: the third part of hte report of the Mackie ethnological expedition to Central Africa
The University Press • Cambridge [Eng.] • Published In 1924 • Pages:
By: Roscoe, John.
Abstract
This is an early account of Bagisu ethnography, written by a missionary-anthropologist, covering roughly the period of the late nineteenth to the early twentieth century. In some particulars this study differs somewhat from the culture summary in this file by J. S. LaFontaine whose data on the Bagisu covers a later period up to about 1954. Major topics discussed in this document are: socio-political organization, personal characteristics of the people (dress, ornaments, etc.), religion, agriculture, domestic animals, house construction, crafts, economics, birth, initiation ceremonies, marriage, sickness, death, inheritance, kinship terminology, and a short section on the Bakyiga clan.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2004
- Region
- Africa
- Sub Region
- Eastern Africa
- Document Type
- book chapter
- Evaluation
- Creator Types
- Missionary
- Anthropologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- John Beierle ; 2003
- Field Date
- no date
- Coverage Date
- not specified
- Coverage Place
- Bugisu District, Mount Elgon region, Uganda
- Notes
- John Roscoe
- LCCN
- 24007128
- LCSH
- Gisu (African people)