Social and Ritual Life of the Ambo of Northern Rhodesia

Download or read book Social and Ritual Life of the Ambo of Northern Rhodesia written by Bronislaw Stefaniszyn and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-09-03 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1964, this is a detailed ethnographic record and sympathetic study of Ambo beliefs and activities. The significance of the clan and the matrilineage are discussed and the organization of the village and chiefdom analysed. Childhood and puberty, marriage, death, succession and inheritance are covered, along with religious concpets and divination, with its stress on the importance of the high god.