| Included Work | Beattie, John Bunyoro, an African kingdom. |
| Included Work | Middleton, John, 1921-2009. Magic, witchcraft, and curing. Selections. |
| Included Work | Beattie, John Group aspects of the Nyoro spirit mediumship cult. |
| Included Work | Middleton, John, 1921-2009. Witchcraft and sorcery in East Africa. Selections. |
| Included Work | Beattie, John Nyoro state. |
| Included Work | Beattie, John Nyoro mortuary rites. |
| Included Work | Beattie, John Nyoro kinship. |
| Included Work | Beattie, John Nyoro marriage and affinity. |
| Included Work | Charsley, S. R. Mobility and village composition in Bunyoro. |
| Included Work | Doyle, Shane (Shane Declan). Population decline and delayed recovery in Bunyoro, 1860-1960. |
| Included Work | Kiwanuka, M. S. M. (Matia Semakula Mulumba) Bunyoro and the British. |
| Included Work | Kiwanuka, M. S. M. (Matia Semakula Mulumba) Empire of Bunyoro-Kitara, myth or reality? |
| Included Work | Nyakatura, J. W. (John W.). Aspects of Bunyoro customs and tradition. |
| Included Work | Roscoe, John, 1861-1932. Bakitara or Bunyoro. |
| Included Work | Uzoigwe, G. N. Inter-ethnic co-operation in Northern Uganda. |
| Included Work | Uzoigwe, G. N. Revolution and revolt in Bunyoro-Kitara, two studies. |
| Other author/creator | Human Relations Area Files, inc. |
| Series | eHRAF world cultures. Africa
EHRAF world cultures. Africa. UNAUTHORIZED |
| Contents |
Bunyoro, an African kingdom ; Divination in Bunyoro, Uganda ; Group aspects of the Nyoro spirit mediumship cult ; Sorcery in Bunyoro ; The Nyoro state / John Beattie -- Nyoro mortuary rites ; Nyoro kinship ; Nyoro marriage and affinity / J.H.M. Beattie -- Mobility and village composition in Bunyoro / S.R. Charsley -- Population decline and delayed recovery in Bunyoro, 1860-1960 / Shane Doyle -- Bunyoro and the British, a reappraisal of the decline and fall of an African Kingdom ; The empire of Bunyoro Kitara, myth or reality? / M.S.M. Kiwanuka -- Aspects of Bunyoro custom and tradition / John Nyakatura -- The Bakitara or Bunyoro: the first part of the report of the Mackie Ethnological Expedition to Central Africa / John Roscoe -- Inter-ethnic co-operation in Northern Uganda ; Revolution and revolt in Bunyoro-Kitara, two studies / G.N. Uzoigwe -- Cultural summary: Banyoro / Godfrey N. Uzoigwe and Ian Skoggard. |
| 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. |
| General note | Title from Web page (viewed Feb. 28, 2008). |
| General note | This portion of eHRAF world cultures was first released in 2003. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
