The Baganda
Book 1911 • Roscoe, John

Ganda • Africa > Eastern Africa
Roscoe, who spent the years from 1893 to 1911 as a missionary among the Baganda, has endeavored to present a picture of Ganda culture as it existed prior to the changes introduced by contact with Europeans, or in other words at about 1850. By the use...

The Bagesu and other tribes of the Uganda Protectorate
book chapter 1924 • Roscoe, John

Bagisu • Africa > Eastern Africa
This is an early account of Bagisu ethnography, written by a missionary-anthropologist, covering roughly the period of the late nineteenth to the early twentieth century. In some particulars this study differs somewhat from the culture summary in thi...

The Bagesu and other tribes of the Uganda Protectorate
book chapter 1924 • Roscoe, John & Mackie Ethnological Expedition To Central Africa, 1919-1920

Rwandans • Africa > Central Africa
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 ...

The Bakitara or Banyoro
Book 1923 • Roscoe, John (1861-1932) & Mackie Ethnological Expedition To Central Africa, 1919-1920

Banyoro • Africa > Eastern Africa
This is an early ethnography of the Nyoro, which mostly focuses on the royal household and palace rituals. Much of the information is based on observation of rituals and material cultural practices. Some folk stories, myths, and history are also incl...

The customs of the Baganda
Book 1934 • Kagwa, Apolo et al.

Ganda • Africa > Eastern Africa
Sir Apolo Kagwa, a prominent citizen of Buganda, having been both regent and prime minister, originally wrote in his native language, Luganda. The general character of the book is well described in the preface, pp. 7-8, which should be consulted. On ...