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Dialectics of divine 'kingship' in the Kafa highlands
African Studies Center, University of California • (15) • Published In 1976 • Pages: 57 , [1] leaf of plates
By: Lange, Werner J..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This document explains the nature and structure of Kaffa kingship. It argues that the divine nature of the Kaffa king should be explained not in the religious ideology that portrays him as the incarnation of the spirits of the sky-god. It should instead be discussed as an irrational expression of ordinary peoples’ rational need for rain, crops, health, and security.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Cultural identity and pride
- Form and rules of government
- Chief executive
- Deliberative councils
- Status, role, and prestige
- Traditional history
- Linguistic identification
- Settlement patterns
- Inter-ethnic relations
- Slavery
- Basis of marriage
- Mythology
- Cosmology
- Revelation and divination
- Prayers and sacrifices
- Magic
- Animism
- Sacred objects and places
- Arranging a marriage
- Eating
- Organized ceremonial
- Executive household
- Ethnic stratification
- Classes
- Castes
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Kaffa
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2012
- 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.
- Ethnologist
- 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; 2012
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1972-1973
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1390-1976
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Kaffa, Ethiopia
- NotesAdditional notes
- Werner Lange
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 47-57)
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Kaffa (African people)--Kings and rulers
- Cults--Ethiopia