Die Mwera in Südost-Tansania
Subtitle: ihre Lebensweise und Kultur um 1920 nach Joachim Ammann OSB und Meinulf Küsters OSB mit Fotografien von Nikolaus von Holzen OSB
By: Maria Kecskési (Hrsg.).
Contributors: Ammann, Joachim, 1898-1981; Küsters, Meinulf, 1890-1947; Holzen, Nikolaus von; Ammann, Joachim, 1898-1981; Ammann, Joachim, 1898-1981
Series: Ethnologie; Ethnologie (Herbert Utz Verlag Wissenschaft)
Publisher: Herbert Utz Verlag
Published: 2012
Place of publication: München
Language: ger
Number of pages: 331
ISBN-13: 9783831641734
Subjects: Social life and customs; Ethnology; Mwera (African people)
Description: "This book is an edition of primary source texts. It presents ethnographic material recorded by two Missionary Benedictines who were sent out from St. Ollilien to south-east Tanganyika (today Tanzania) in the 1920s: Joachim Ammann OSB (1898-1981) and Meinulf Küsters OSB (1890-1947). The work of these two missionaries has been preserved in the form of typewritten manuscripts kept in the archives of the Benedictine abbey in Ndanda (south-east Tanzania). The manuscripts are related to each other in a way that means it is not always easy to tell who is the originator of the contents. ... Part I, the first of Amman's two typescripts, offers an overview of the traditional culture of the Mwera.... Part II, Amman's second typescript, gives a detailed description of initiation rites for boys and girls. ... Part III of this edition of the texts contains some of the field notes written by Meinulf Küsters OSB when he worked among the Mwera in 1927/1928. His aim was to give at least a sketchy description of all important aspects of Mwera culture"--P. 259-260.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 264-271) and index.

German with summaries in English and Swahili.
Table of contents: title: Sitten und Gebräuche der Wamwera; title: Die Pubertätsweihe unyago; title: Handschriftliche ethnografische Aufzeichnungen (Zusammenfassung); title: Wörterliste: Kimwere; title: Kiswahili; title: Deutsch.