Language:
English
Edition:
eHRAF World Cultures
Series Statement:
eHRAF World Cultures
Keywords:
Nyoro (African people)
Abstract:
The Banyoro live largely in western Uganda, east of Lake Mobutu. Bunyoro is one of Uganda's administrative regions. Runyoro, the language of the Banyoro, belongs to the Central Bantu division of the Bantu language family. The Banyoro had a powerful kingdom for many centuries; its influence waned in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries under pressure from other kingdoms. All Ugandan kingdoms were abolished after Ugandan independence from British rule, but were restored in 1993. The Banyoro are largely sedentary agriculturalists. There are sixteen documents in this collection with a time focus from 1450-1967. Fieldwork was done mostly between 1950 and 1965. The major works are Beattie's study of Bunyoro political institutions (The Bunyoro state) and Roscoe's study of the royal household and rituals. The Banyoro historian, John Nyakatura and Beattie (Bunyoro, an African kingdom) both wrote primers on the Bunyoro, which serve as excellent overviews. Other Banyoro scholars have written articles critical of British historical accounts of the 1907 Nyangire Revolt, the relationship among the peoples of Northern Uganda in the 19th century, Hamitic hypothesis, and the fall of the Bunyoro state
Description / Table of Contents:
Nyoro - Godfrey N. Uzoigwe and Ian Skoggard - 2003 -- - The Nyoro state - John Beattie - 1971 -- - Bunyoro: an African kingdom - by John Beattie - 1960 -- - Nyoro marriage and affinity - J. H. M. Beattie - 1958 -- - Nyoro kinship - J. H. M. Beattie - 1958 -- - Group aspects of the Nyoro spirit mediumship cult - by John Beattie - 1961 -- - Divination in Bunyoro, Uganda - John Beattie - 1967 -- - Nyoro mortuary rites - By J. H. M. Beattie - 1961 -- - Sorcery in Bunyoro - by John Beattie - 1963 -- - Mobility and village composition in Bunyoro - By S. R. Charsley - 1970 -- - Population decline and delayed recovery in Bunyoro: 1860-1960 - By Shane Doyle - 2000 -- - The empire of Bunyoro Kitara: myth or reality? - [By] M. S. M. Kiwanuka - 1968 --^
Description / Table of Contents:
a reappraisal of the decline and fall of an African Kingdom - M. S. M. Kiwanuka - 1968 -- - Aspects of Bunyoro custom and tradition - Translated, annotated, and with a pref. by Zebiya Kwamya Rigby - [1970?] -- - The Bakitara or Bunyoro: the first part of the report of the Mackie Ethnological Expedition to Central Africa - by John Roscoe - 1923 -- - Revolution and revolt in Bunyoro-Kitara: two studies - G. N. Uzoigwe - 1970 -- - Inter-ethnic co-operation in northern Uganda in the 19th century - G. N. Uzoigwe - 1970
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