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Preliminary notes on certain customs of the Ovamboarticle 1929 • Hahn, C. H. L. (Carl Hugo Linsingen)
Ovambo • Africa > Southern Africa
This is an early attempt to systematically describe Ovambo culture and society. Themes covered include religious practices, chieftaincy and chiefly funerals, inter-polity relations, warfare, family life, and major life cycle events....