Book
Ovamboland: country, people, mission, with particular reference to the largest tribe, the Kwanyama
Namibian Scientific Society • Windhoek, Namibia • Published In 1996 • Pages:
By: Tönjes, Hermann, Reiner, Peter.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This first systematic study of the Ovambo (Ambo) by a missionary draws on years of extensive travel and a variety of informants, from the reigning King and other tribal dignitaries to diviners to ordinary folks. Themes include political organization and leadership succession, inter-tribal relations, settlement pattern, economic activities, religious practices, organized ritual, and marriage and family life. Other topics include aspects of mythology, attitudes toward missionaries, and the effects of labor migration to South Africa.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Drives and emotions
- Life history materials
- Conversation
- Etiquette
- Behavior toward non-relatives
- Sorcery
- Revelation and divination
- Congregations
- Magic
- Missions
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Ovambo
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Africa
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Southern 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.
- 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
- Teferi Abate Adem; 2021
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1898-1907
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1898-1907
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- north-central Namibia; south-central Angola
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Herman Tönjes ; [translated into English by Peter Reiner]
- German edition first published in 1911 Translated into English by Peter Reiner
- Translated into English by Peter Reiner
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 287)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 97983121
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Kuanyama (African people)--History
- Kuanyama (African people)--Rites and ceremonies