Gisu of Uganda

Taylor & Francis

The Gisu of UgandaEast Central Africa Part X\nAuthor(s): J. S. La Fontaine\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138232983, 978-1138232983\nSynopsis\nRoutledge is proud to be re-issuing this landmark series in association with the International African Institute. The series, originally published between 1950 and 1977, collected ethnographic information on the peoples of Africa, using all available sources: archives, memoirs and reports as well as anthropological research which, in 1945, had only just begun. \n\nConcise, critical and (for its time) accurate, the Ethnographic Survey contains sections as follows: \n\nPhysical Environment\n\nLinguistic Data\n\nDemography\n\nHistory & Traditions of Origin\n\nNomenclature\n\nGrouping\n\nCultural Features: Religion, Witchcraft, Birth, Initiation, Burial\n\nSocial & Political Organization: Kinship, Marriage, Inheritance, Slavery, Land Tenure, Warfare & Justice\n\n.