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The Nyoro stateBook 1971 • Beattie, John
Banyoro • Africa > Eastern Africa
In this study, Beattie examines the political institutions of the Bunyoro kingdom prior to 1967. Bunyoro had been the dominant kingdom in the interlacustrine region, but was in decline by the time the first Europeans, Speke and Grant, arrived in 1862...Bunyoro, an African kingdomBook 1960 • Beattie, John
Banyoro • Africa > Eastern Africa
Written for a series called 'Case Studies in Cultural Anthropology,' this work is largely a summary of Beattie's larger work on the Banyoro (see document no. 1). He covers the same material on myths, history, kingship and chieftainship. However, he h...Group aspects of the Nyoro spirit mediumship cultarticle 1961 • Beattie, John
Banyoro • Africa > Eastern Africa
Beattie examines a spirit possession cult, which he regards as the traditional religion of Bunyoro. The cult is based on a pantheon of beneficial spirits, who are the ancestors of a spiritually powerful race of people (CWEZI) that ruled the country i...Divination in Bunyoro, Ugandaessay 1967 • Beattie, John
Banyoro • Africa > Eastern Africa
Here, Beattie discusses in more detail spirit possession and divination rituals (see document no. 5.) Diviners are mostly men who travel the country offering their services. Beattie discusses three different methods of divination: mechanical, augury,...Sorcery in Bunyoroessay 1963 • Beattie, John
Banyoro • Africa > Eastern Africa
Sorcery expresses interpersonal conflicts and is most common between relatives and neighbors. It is not used as a political tool among chiefs or between chiefs and subjects, which Beattie attributes to the customary deference that subjects have for t...