Book
About the customs and laws of the Bogos
J. Wurster & comp. • Winterthur • Published In 1859 • Pages:
By: Munzinger, Werner, Moore, Paul Anthony.
Abstract
This work, translated from the German, covers aspects of Bilen customary law governing marriage and family relations, labor contracts, property ownership and inheritance, and compensation for murder and injury. A brief political history of the Bilen since their arrival in the region is provided. The author’s central argument is that the objectives and severity of their legal code are attributable to the location of the Bilen within a frontier territory under only minimal control of the Ethiopian state and encircled by not yet incorporated nomadic herding communities.
- Region
- Africa
- Sub Region
- Eastern Africa
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Types
- Explorer
- Linguist
- Colonial Official
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Teferi Abate Adem; 2021
- Field Date
- 1855-1858
- Coverage Date
- 1830-1858
- Coverage Place
- central Eritrea
- Notes
- Von Werner Munzinger. Mit einer karte der nördlichen grenzländer Abyssiniens und einem vorwort von J. M. Ziegler.Translated from the German by Paul Anthony Moore for HRAF in 2019.
- Translation of: Ueber die sitten und das recht der Bogos. Preface contains biographical sketch of the author. The original German text is available in the HRAF collection.
- LCCN
- 09030670
- LCSH
- Bogos (African people)
- Ethiopia--Social life and customs