Africa, المجلد 49Oxford University Press, 1979 Includes Proceedings of the Executive council and List of members, also section "Review of books". |
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الصفحة 137
... prophet - were expected to show special competence in matters of prophecy . The more genealogically removed men were from the chief prophet , the less people expected them to show outstanding prophetic ability . Maasai generally ...
... prophet - were expected to show special competence in matters of prophecy . The more genealogically removed men were from the chief prophet , the less people expected them to show outstanding prophetic ability . Maasai generally ...
الصفحة 140
... prophet answered the questions of the delegation , gave portents of the future , praised himself and his people , and cursed other prophets and their followers . The responses and utterances of the prophet were couched in elliptic ...
... prophet answered the questions of the delegation , gave portents of the future , praised himself and his people , and cursed other prophets and their followers . The responses and utterances of the prophet were couched in elliptic ...
الصفحة 141
... prophet cursed the enemy whom the warriors would attack . As a result of his curse , the enemy was considered defeated , the protective medicine of their prophecies being of no avail against the power of the Maasai prophet . In one such ...
... prophet cursed the enemy whom the warriors would attack . As a result of his curse , the enemy was considered defeated , the protective medicine of their prophecies being of no avail against the power of the Maasai prophet . In one such ...
المحتوى
A Note on their Origins Settlement | 15 |
Contributors to this Number | 28 |
Contributors to Number 1 | 29 |
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طبعات أخرى - عرض جميع المقتطفات
عبارات ومصطلحات مألوفة
Abutia administration African Studies age-set Akropong Ankole Avatime Awka Babungo Badagry British cattle central century ceremony chief prophet chiefdoms clan colonial courts cultural district economic elders elite ethnic group farm Ghana Giriama Hausa Hima households hunters Igbo immigrants important individual industries Inkidongi International African Institute Kadhis Kajiwe kaya Kenya labour land lineage living London Maasai marriage medicine dance migrants Mijikenda Mombasa movement Muslim Ndop Plain Nharo Nigeria nomads nombre Nsukka oath Olowo palm paper participation pattern period political population Porto Novo problems production Purko Purko-Kisongo region relations relationship rites ritual role rural settlement shrine slaves small urban centres smiths social society stool structure subclan Swahili Tanzania Testour town trade traditional University Press Urhobo Valley Bisa village warriors West Africa witchcraft witches women Yoruba