First published 2003
by CSAC Monographs
Centre for Social Anthropology and Computing
Eliot College, University of Kent at Canterbury CT2 7NS
© 2003 Hermann Gufler and the Centre for Social Anthropology and
Computing
All rights reserved.
ISBN 1-902671-35-X
Made avilable online for research and study, not for resale
October 2015 with permission of the author
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chapters |
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Chapter One: Introductory (3.1mb) |
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Chapter Two: Yamba Marriage Systems. Spouses and their Offspring between Protection and Affliction | 23 |
Chapter Three: Social, Ritual and Religious Aspects of the Communal Hunt among the Yamba | 55 |
Chapter Four: Yamba Spider Divination | 83 |
Chapter Five: Cooking the Grave . Aspects of Yamba Ritual Symbolism | 107 |
Chapter Six: Yamba Twin Ritual | 127 |
Chapter Six: part 1 (3.2mb) | 127 |
Chapter Six: part 2 (3.2mb) | 142 |
Chapter Seven: Yamba Cults and Seasonal Dances | 159 |
Chapter Eight: Yamba Witchcraft Beliefs
(1.1 mb) |
191 |
Chapter Nine: Crying the Death . Yamba Rituals of Death | 223 |
Appendix A: Notes on Yamba Kinship Terminology | 245 |
Appendix B: Glossary of Yamba terms. | 258 |
Bibliography | 271 |