Africa, المجلد 57Oxford University Press, 1987 Includes Proceedings of the Executive council and List of members, also section "Review of books". |
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الصفحة 144
... smelting to be successful , ' the living and the dead , the spirits of the air , wood and rock must work together ' . Instead , Kjekshus sides with those who describe smelting ritual as of secondary importance , at most ' a type of ...
... smelting to be successful , ' the living and the dead , the spirits of the air , wood and rock must work together ' . Instead , Kjekshus sides with those who describe smelting ritual as of secondary importance , at most ' a type of ...
الصفحة 159
... smelting is more elaborate and more firmly grounded in tradition than that observed at Chulu . Two defined personas lead the smelting : the murungu or chief smelter , who pronounces on technical matters , and the msofi or medicine man ...
... smelting is more elaborate and more firmly grounded in tradition than that observed at Chulu . Two defined personas lead the smelting : the murungu or chief smelter , who pronounces on technical matters , and the msofi or medicine man ...
الصفحة 164
... smelting is fertility , conception , birth . The furnace is a woman going through the stages of puberty , marriage , reproduction . Women may participate in the smelting only if they are post - menopausal or sexually unavailable due to ...
... smelting is fertility , conception , birth . The furnace is a woman going through the stages of puberty , marriage , reproduction . Women may participate in the smelting only if they are post - menopausal or sexually unavailable due to ...
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activities administration African Studies agricultural analysis animals appear associated Assongu authority become called cattle central chief chiefdom colonial concerned cult culture customary law deceased dependants discussion dominant economic especially example fact farm female figures force furnace given groups herd herders History household important increase individual inheritance initiation Institute International International African involved iron Kuba labour land languages less lineage living London major male means Native nature noted origins particular pastoral period person Phoka political position possession practice present problems production projects published refer region relations relationship relatively represent ritual roots smelting social society Southern specific spirit structure success Swahili symbols traditional University University Press village women