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Womunafu's Bunafu A Study of Authority in a Nineteenth-Century African Community

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Auteur:	Cohen, David William
Titel:	Womunafu's Bunafu A Study of Authority in a Nineteenth-Century African Community
Uitgever:	Princeton University Press
ISBN:	9780691643236
Serie:	Princeton Legacy Library
Land van oorsprong:	United States
Prijs:	€ 126.65
Verschijningsdatum:	19-04-2016
Bericht:	Langere levertijd (2-3 weken)

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Categorie:

African history

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Verschijningsvorm:	Hardback
Paginas:	228
Hoogte mm.:	235
Breedte mm.:	152
Gewicht gr.:	482

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This 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 l