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  • West African Secret Societies

    Behind the veil of ceremony, oath, and firelight, entire civilizations have organized themselves according to laws that outsiders were never meant to witness. West Africa's secret societies were not mere fraternal clubs or tribal curiosities. They were the architects of justice, the guardians of spiritual knowledge, the enforcers of social order, and the keepers of ancient wisdom passed down ... Leer más

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  • The Native Tribes of Central Australia.

    Elibron Classics. Replica of 1899 edition by Macmillan and Co., Ltd., London.4 oversize maps are available as a free download.This massive anthropological study of the central Australian tribes is one of the primary sources for information on these cultures. Based on first-hand scholarly study just prior to the twentieth century, Spencer and Gillen describe their complex rituals and belief systems ... Leer más

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  • Omens and Superstitions of Southern India

    This book deals mainly with some aspects of what may be termed the psychical life of the inhabitants of the Madras Presidency, and the Native States of Travancore and Cochin. Edgar Thurston CIE (1855-1935) was a superintendent at the Madras Government Museum who contributed to studies in the zoology, ethnology and botany of India and published works related to his work at the museum. Thurston was ... Leer más

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  • West African Shamanism

    In my study of the natives' language my attention was drawn closely to their customs; and in my inquiry into their religion I at once saw how it was bound up in these customs. I met with other white men-traders, government officials, and even some missionaries-whose interest in Africa, however deep, was circumscribed by their special work for, respectively, wealth, power, and Gospel proclamation. ... Leer más

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  • Song of Lawino and Song of Ocol

    Song of Lawino and Song of Ocol are among the most successful African literary works. Song of Lawino is an African womanís lamentation over the cultural death of her western educated husband - Ocol. In Song of Ocel the husband tries to justify his cultural apostasy. These songs were translated from Acholi by the author. They evince a fascinating flavour of the African rhythmical idiom. ... Leer más

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  • A History of the Tumbuka from 1400 to 1900

    This is the first book on the history of the Tumbuka that traces their origin from the Luba Kingdom in the present Democratic Republic of Congo to where they are settled today. It details their leaders, the routes they used, the kingdom they formed, and the many cultural practices they have followed, and how from the eighteenth century, their kingdom was invaded and ruled by many non-Tumbuka ... Leer más

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  • Facing Mount Kenya

    The Traditional Life of the Gikuyu

    de Jomo Kenyatta ...
    Facing Mount Kenya, first published in 1938, is a monograph on the life and customs of the Gikuyu people of central Kenya prior to their contact with Europeans. It is unique in anthropological literature for it gives an account of the social institutions and religious rites of an African people, permeated by the emotions that give to customs and observances their meaning. It is characterised by ... Leer más

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  • Omens and Superstitions of Southern India

    This is a comprehensive look at some of the fairy tales and folk legends that came out of Southern India going all the way back to ancient times. ... Leer más

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  • Voodoo and Obeahs

    Just as fetishism was for a long time accepted as a generic term covering all that was nefarious in the customs of the West African tribes, so in the popular mind today, Voodoo and Obeah are interchangeable and signify alike whatever is weird and eerie in the practices of the descendants of these same tribes as they are found throughout the West Indies and the southern portion of the United States ... Leer más

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  • Animism - The Seed Of Religion

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    A brilliant work about animism and its connection to various fields of religion. This ebook is not a cheap scanned version of the original but has been completely revised, including an interactive table-of-contents. CONTENTS: 1. Pre-Human Elements In Religion 2. Brain In Animal And Man 3. Man In The Making 4. Animal And Human Psychology 5. Naturalism; Or Conception Of Power Everywhere 6. Animism; ... Leer más

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  • Japanese Things

    Being Notes on Various Subjects Connected with Japan

    Armchair travelers beware!Japanese Things will lure you out of your cozy, comfy home and chair to an unusual country with bewitching manners and customs-and once you have succumbed to its spell you will never be the same. Here in one neat package you will meet the flavor, charm, and piquancy of old Japan-a revised reprint of one of the indispensable books on Japan, by the late Prof. Basil Hall ... Leer más

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