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The age system of the Nilo-Hamitic peoples : a comparative analysis.
The aim of the present work is a comparative study of the age-systems of the Nilo-Hamites and of their functions in the whole setting of the Nilo-Hamitic social organisation. It was our original plan to cover the whole area of East Africa influenced by the Hamites, and study the age-systems of such...
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| author | Bernardi, Bernardo Bernardi, Bernardo |
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| description | The aim of the present work is a comparative study of the age-systems of the Nilo-Hamites and of their functions in the whole setting of the Nilo-Hamitic social organisation. It was our original plan to cover the whole area of East Africa influenced by the Hamites, and study the age-systems of such peoples as the Hamitic, the Nilotic, the Nilo-Hamitic, and the Bantu-Hamitic peoples. The reason for such an ambitious plan was the still widely held opinion that the age-systems of all those peoples originated from the Galla. This opinion is voiced by Driberg under the issue "Age-grades" in the Encyclopaedia Brittanica. He writes: "The Galla, with their very complex system (of age-grades), are the centre and source of this (Hamitic) culture; and from them it has permeated all the Nilo-Hamitic tribes which cluster round them, the Masai, the Nandi, the Topotha, the Turkana and the Didinga." A superficial comparative examination of the age-systems of all these peoples is sufficient to convince oneself of the essential di£ferentiations which make a borrowing of the systems from the Galla a rather improbable Hypothesis. |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/24944 The age system of the Nilo-Hamitic peoples : a comparative analysis. The age system of the Nilo-Hamitic peoples : a comparative analysis Bernardi, Bernardo Bernardi, Bernardo Schapera, Isaac The aim of the present work is a comparative study of the age-systems of the Nilo-Hamites and of their functions in the whole setting of the Nilo-Hamitic social organisation. It was our original plan to cover the whole area of East Africa influenced by the Hamites, and study the age-systems of such peoples as the Hamitic, the Nilotic, the Nilo-Hamitic, and the Bantu-Hamitic peoples. The reason for such an ambitious plan was the still widely held opinion that the age-systems of all those peoples originated from the Galla. This opinion is voiced by Driberg under the issue "Age-grades" in the Encyclopaedia Brittanica. He writes: "The Galla, with their very complex system (of age-grades), are the centre and source of this (Hamitic) culture; and from them it has permeated all the Nilo-Hamitic tribes which cluster round them, the Masai, the Nandi, the Topotha, the Turkana and the Didinga." A superficial comparative examination of the age-systems of all these peoples is sufficient to convince oneself of the essential di£ferentiations which make a borrowing of the systems from the Galla a rather improbable Hypothesis. 2017-08-23T13:04:58Z 2017-08-23T13:04:58Z 1952 2017-03-22T10:27:41Z Doctoral Thesis Doctoral PhD http://hdl.handle.net/11427/24944 eng eng application/pdf African Studies Faculty of Humanities University of Cape Town University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Bernardi, Bernardo Bernardi, Bernardo The age system of the Nilo-Hamitic peoples : a comparative analysis. |
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| title | The age system of the Nilo-Hamitic peoples : a comparative analysis. |
| title_full | The age system of the Nilo-Hamitic peoples : a comparative analysis. |
| title_fullStr | The age system of the Nilo-Hamitic peoples : a comparative analysis. |
| title_full_unstemmed | The age system of the Nilo-Hamitic peoples : a comparative analysis. |
| title_short | The age system of the Nilo-Hamitic peoples : a comparative analysis. |
| title_sort | age system of the nilo hamitic peoples a comparative analysis |
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