African Communal Rituals: The Sisala Case - Softcover

Mendonsa, Eugene

 
9786202316385: African Communal Rituals: The Sisala Case

Inhaltsangabe

The Sisala use lineage communal rituals to unify their kin units. This book details how such rites work in this way in some African societies. Such a unified lineage unit is functional as a workgroup, but also the group unity has allowed the Sisala to adapt to farming in a very harsh environment. In other words, the farm group united by family rituals, mostly focused on lineage ancestors, has provided lineages survivability in an evolutionary sense.

Die Inhaltsangabe kann sich auf eine andere Ausgabe dieses Titels beziehen.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Dr. Mendonsa has a Ph.D in social anthropology from Cambridge University in England. He taught college classes for many years, did fieldwork in Africa and Portugal, has published many books and articles on his discipline, as well a producing a film on African divination entitled: "Sisala Divination: The Mystic Tradition".

„Über diesen Titel“ kann sich auf eine andere Ausgabe dieses Titels beziehen.