book chapter
The Bagesu and other tribes of the Uganda Protectorate: the third part of the report of the Mackie ethnological expedition to central Africa
Cabridge University Press • Cambridge [eng.] • Published In 1924 • Pages:
By: Roscoe, John, Mackie Ethnological Expedition To Central Africa, 1919-1920.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The selection from this book which has been processed for the file constitutes chapters 28-31, pp. 184-199, and deals almost exclusively with the Batuse (Batussi) of Ruanda. Information contained within this seciton covers the clan and chieftainship systems, government, taxation, homicide, the position of the king in the socieity, the life and occupations of the Batuse people, marriage customs, illness, and death. The author, a clergyman, traveled extensively in Central Africa.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Chief executive
- Normal garb
- Clans
- Ornament
- Descriptive somatology
- Judicial authority
- Regulation of marriage
- Inheritance
- Taxation and public income
- Offenses against life
- Aftermath of combat
- Priesthood
- Sacred objects and places
- Traditional history
- Tillage
- Pastoral activities
- Domesticated animals
- Exchange transactions
- Musical instruments
- Slavery
- Arranging a marriage
- Nuptials
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Rwandans
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2009
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Africa
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Central Africa
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- book chapter
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Missionary
- 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
- John Beierle ; 1960
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1919-1920
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1919-1924
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Rwanda
- NotesAdditional notes
- John Roscoe
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 24007128
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Ethnology Rwanda