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Land, labour and diet in Northern RhodesiaBook 1939 • Richards, Audrey I. (Audrey Isabel)
Bemba • Africa > Southern Africa
This monograph, written by a social anthropologist who was at that time a Research Fellow at Newnham College, Cambridge, is a thorough functional study of the economics of the Bemba. The interrelations are shown between the diet and food-gathering pr...CHISUNGUBook 1956 • Richards, Audrey I. (Audrey Isabel)
Bemba • Africa > Southern Africa
This is a descriptive and interpretive account of the CHISUNGU or girls' initiation ceremony among the Bemba of Northern Rhodesia. In the introduction, the author discusses the theoretical significance of the puberty rites. A summary of the material ...The political system of the Bemba tribeessay 1940 • Richards, Audrey I. (Audrey Isabel)
Bemba • Africa > Southern Africa
This essay is a highly compressed study of the Bemba political system. The author at the time, was a Reader in Social Anthropology at the London School of Economics and Political Science. The essay discusses the inter-relationships of the Bemba polit...Reciprocal clan relationships among the Bemba of N. E. Rhodesiaarticle 1937 • Richards, Audrey I. (Audrey Isabel)
Bemba • Africa > Southern Africa
This is a short article concerning the origin and function of ritual clan relationships among the Bemba and the closely allied Bisa. Each clan is not systematically paired, but often has a number of different partners linked by the apparently arbitra...A modern movement of witch-findersarticle 1935 • Richards, Audrey I. (Audrey Isabel)
Bemba • Africa > Southern Africa
This is a descriptive and analytical study of the BAMUCAPI, or witch-finders movement among the Bemba tribes. The author believes that the movement was the result of changes introduced into tribal society through contacts with Europeans. The resultan...The assimilation of the immigrants, and the problem for Bugandabook chapter 1954 • Richards, Audrey I. (Audrey Isabel)
Ganda • Africa > Eastern Africa
This article consists of chapters 7 and 8 in the symposium on immigrant labor in Buganda. The author was the Director of the East African Institute of Social Research when she carried out this sociological study of the process of assimilation of immi...The Gandaessay 1960 • Richards, Audrey I. (Audrey Isabel)
Ganda • Africa > Eastern Africa
This article analyzes the career histories of a sample of chiefs under the Buganda Government (county, sub-county and parish chiefs). Career data is correlated with information on kinship and land tenure. This is summarized in eight tables at the end...The changing structure of a Ganda villageBook 1966 • Richards, Audrey I. (Audrey Isabel)
Ganda • Africa > Eastern Africa
This monograph presents a case-history of a Ganda village between the years 1892 and 1952. Richards concentrates on the changes in Ganda village structure and composition that resulted from the institution of a new land tenure system in 1900. Particu...Authority patterns in traditional Bugandaessay 1964 • Richards, Audrey I. (Audrey Isabel)
Ganda • Africa > Eastern Africa
This paper examines the similar patterns of authority found in the Baganda home, village and royal court. The father, chief, and king were all harsh authoritarians who demanded complete deference, obedience, and loyalty from their inferiors in exchan...Traditional values and current political behavioressay 1964 • Richards, Audrey I. (Audrey Isabel)
Ganda • Africa > Eastern Africa
In this study Richards examines twentieth century Buganda politics in light of traditional political values. The extremely personal, competitive, and high-stakes politics of traditional Buganda has influenced the way politics is waged in Uganda's mod...