The precolonial kingdom of Buganda, nucleus of the present Uganda state, has long attracted scholarly interest. Since written records are lacking entirely until 1862, historians have had to rely on oral traditions that were recorded from the end of the nineteenth century. These sources provide rich...

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1. Verfasser:	Wrigley, Christopher (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Cambridge Cambridge University Press 1996
Schriftenreihe:	African studies 88
Schlagworte:	Geschichte Anfänge-1890 Geschichte Mythology, Ganda Oral tradition / Uganda Ganda (African people) / Kings and rulers König Ganda Oral history Uganda / History / To 1890 Buganda
Online-Zugang:	BSB01 UBG01 URL des Erstveröffentlichers
Zusammenfassung:	The precolonial kingdom of Buganda, nucleus of the present Uganda state, has long attracted scholarly interest. Since written records are lacking entirely until 1862, historians have had to rely on oral traditions that were recorded from the end of the nineteenth century. These sources provide rich materials on Buganda in the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, but in this 1996 book Christopher Wrigley endeavours to show that the stories which appear to relate to earlier periods are largely mythology. He argues that this does not reduce their value since they are of interest in their own mythical right, revealing ancient traces of sacred kingship, and also throwing oblique light on the development of the recent state. He has written an elegant and wide-ranging study of one of Africa's most famous kingdoms
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Beschreibung:	1 online resource (xv, 293 pages)
ISBN:	9780511584763
DOI:	10.1017/CBO9780511584763