Organization and Analysis of Results

Kinship Terminology

Sleeping

Bibliographies in Sources

External Relations

Instigation of War

Identification

Sorcery

Dying

Burial Practices and Funerals

Mourning

Eschatology

Prayers and Sacrifices

Domesticated Animals

Arboriculture

Land Use

Agricultural Machinery

General Tools

Labor Supply and Employment

Location

History

Tillage

Settlement Patterns

Public Utilities

Territorial Hierarchy

Missions

Education System

Material Not Relevant

Status, Role, and Prestige

Gender Status

Clans

Community Councils

Informal in-Group Justice

Elections

Population

Birth Statistics

Mortality

Real Property

Changes in Property Rights

Inheritance

Ethnic Stratification

Sociocultural Trends

Regulation of Marriage

Lineages

Body Alterations

Nuptials

Ceremonial During Infancy and Childhood

Puberty and Initiation

Litigation

Mats and Basketry

Processing of Basic Materials

External Trade

Geography

Tribe and Nation

Districts

Grandparents and Grandchildren

Infancy and Childhood

Socialization

Dwellings

Outbuildings

Household

Polygamy

Community Structure

Cult of the Dead

General Character of Religion

Spirits and Gods

Revelation and Divination

Magicians and Diviners

Religious Denominations

Glossary

Nuclear Family

Extended Families

Parents-in-Law and Children-in-Law

Lithic Industries

Income and Demand

Internal Trade

Reviews and Critiques

Hospitals and Clinics

Medical Personnel

Linguistic Identification

Pastoral Activities

Division of Labor by Gender

Childhood Activities

Adolescent Activities

Mode of Marriage

Termination of Marriage

Secondary Marriages

Residence

Legal Norms

Commercial Facilities

Medium of Exchange

Diet

CULTURE SUMMARY: GUSII

ETHNONYMS

ORIENTATION

HISTORY AND CULTURAL RELATIONS

SETTLEMENTS

ECONOMY

KINSHIP

MARRIAGE AND FAMILY

SOCIOPOLITICAL ORGANIZATION

RELIGION AND EXPRESSIVE CULTURE

SYNOPSIS

INDEXING NOTES

RELIGIOUS BELIEFS

RELIGIOUS PRACTITIONERS

CEREMONIES

ARTS

MEDICINE

DEATH AND AFTERLIFE

IDENTIFICATION AND LOCATION

DEMOGRAPHY

LINGUISTIC AFFILIATION

SUBSISTENCE

COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES

INDUSTRIAL ARTS

TRADE

DIVISION OF LABOR

LAND TENURE

KIN GROUPS AND DESCENT

KINSHIP TERMINOLOGY

MARRIAGE

DOMESTIC UNIT

INHERITANCE

SOCIALIZATION

SOCIAL ORGANIZATION

POLITICAL ORGANIZATION

SOCIAL CONTROL

CONFLICT

BIBLIOGRAPHY

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The Gusii are a Bantu-speaking people located in southwestern Kenya. The Gusii live in dispersed homesteads of nuclear or polygynous families, and support themselves by a combination of farming, trade, and wage labor. Exogamy, patrilocality, and patriliny are major features of the society.

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