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035 _a(DE-B1597)9781400867806
035 _a(DE-B1597)454131
035 _a(OCoLC)979836217
040 _aDE-B1597
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072 7 _aHIS001020
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084 _aonline - DeGruyter
100 1 _aCohen, David William
_eautore
245 1 0 _aWomunafu's Bunafu :
_bA Study of Authority in a Nineteenth-Century African Community /
_cDavid William Cohen.
264 1 _aPrinceton, NJ :
_bPrinceton University Press,
_c[2015]
264 4 _c©1978
300 _a1 online resource (228 p.)
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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338 _aonline resource
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347 _atext file
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490 0 _aPrinceton Legacy Library ;
_v1325
505 0 0 _tFrontmatter --
_tContents --
_tMaps --
_tFigures and Tables --
_tOrthography --
_tIntroduction --
_tI. The Birth of Womunafu --
_tII. The World of Nafa --
_tIII. The Young Mukama --
_tIV. Bukanga --
_tV. Kyonzira --
_tVI. Womunafu and Nafa --
_tVII. Reflections of a Wider World --
_tVIII. The Bwebya Illness --
_tIX. Bunafu --
_tAppendix: The Construction of a Chronology --
_tNotes --
_tBibliography --
_tIndex
506 0 _arestricted access
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520 _aThis book reconstructs the career of Womunafu, the son of a ruler of a small state in what is today Uganda. Recognized as an infant to be possessed by Mukama, the spirit of a heroic figure in the tradition of the wider region, Womunafu was placed in a large enclosure, one of four he would occupy from 1830 until his death in 1906.During his long life Womunafu had many wives and children and achieved a position of dominance in the village that came to be known as Bunafu. In considering his life, David William Cohen offers an unusual study of the process through which authority was organized in a pre-colonial African community and advances the study of political institutions and change. His study also explores the nature of evidence regarding African history. By assessing the usefulness of various kinds of oral data and attempting to render the "moving contexts" of the past, the author makes significant methodological contributions to the disciplines of history and anthropology.Originally published in 1978.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
530 _aIssued also in print.
538 _aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546 _aIn English.
588 0 _aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Aug 2021)
650 0 _aSoga (African people)
_xKings and rulers
_vBiography.
650 0 _aSoga (African people)
_xKings and rulers
_xBiography.
650 0 _aSoga (African people)
_xPolitics and government.
650 7 _aHISTORY / Africa / East.
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850 _aIT-RoAPU
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1515/9781400867806
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781400867806
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