Lega Culture; Art, Initiation, and Moral Philosophy Among a Central African People

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University of California Press, 1973 - Social Science - 268 pages
A young Highland boy discovers he has the gift of Second Sight.
 

Contents

THE LEGA
1
LEGA CULTURE
26
Crafts and Occupations
32
The Kinship System
38
Clan and Lineage
44
The Rites of Circumcision
50
Values
57
THE BWAMI ASSOCIATION
66
Membership
85
Accumulation and Distribution of Food and Commodities
107
THE ART OF BWAMI
142
POSTSCRIPT
231
Lineages of Banasalu Clan
238
INDEX
253
76
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Copyright

VI
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