Book
Kilimanjaro and its people: a history of the Wachagga, their laws, customs and legends, together with some account of the highest mountain in Africa
H. F. & G. Witherby • London • Published In 1924 • Pages:
By: Dundas, Charles.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In writing this book it was the author's intention merely to amplify the writings of Bruno Gutmann which had been published up to that time. This volume remains however as the only general one volume description of the Chagga that we possess. The sections on the natural habitat and economic life are of special interest.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Topography and geology
- Climate
- Water supply
- Spirits and gods
- Disasters
- Community structure
- Community heads
- Chief executive
- Warfare
- Instigation of war
- External relations
- Prayers and sacrifices
- Theory of disease
- Dying
- Puberty and initiation
- Mode of marriage
- Nuptials
- Dwellings
- Verbal arts
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Chagga
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2010
- 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.
- Government Official
- 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 J. Theodoratus ; 1962 : Teferi Abate Adem; 2010
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- ca. 1918
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1880-1924
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Chagga, Tanzania
- NotesAdditional notes
- Charles Dundas
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 24013693
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Chaga (African people)
- Kilimanjaro, Mount (Tanzania)