The Baganda: An Account of Their Native Customs and Beliefs

by John Roscoe

Book Overview

Missionary and amateur anthropologist John Roscoe (1861-1932) published this account of the Baganda tribe of Buganda in 1911, to preserve a record of a sophisticated people before their cultural traditions were undermined as their territory became part of the British Protectorate of Uganda. He had spent twenty-five years in Africa, during which he interviewed the people in their own languages about their customs and religious beliefs. The Baganda...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108031390
• ISBN13: 9781108031394
• Release Date: May 2011
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 594 Pages
• Weight: 1.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.5" x 8.5"