Affliction and moral order
Subtitle: conversations in Yambaland
By: Hermann Gufler
Contributors: University of Kent at Canterbury. Centre for Social Anthropology and Computing
Series: CSAC monographs -- 18
Publisher: Centre for Social Anthropology and Computing, University of Kent at Canterbury
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Canterbury
Language: eng
Number of pages: 272
Subjects: Yamba (African people); Religion; Rites and ceremonies; Kinship
Notes: Papers previously published in various journals. With new introd. and appendices.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [267]-272).
Table of contents: title: Introductory --; title: Yamba marriage systems, spouses and their offspring between protection and affliction --; title: Social ritual and religious aspects of the communal hunt among the Yamba --; title: Yamba spider divination --; title: Cooking the grave, aspects of Yamba ritual symbolism --; title: Yamba twin ritual --; title: Yamba cult and seasonal dances --; title: Yamba witchcraft beliefs --; title: Crying the death, Yamba rituals of death --; title: Notes on Yamba kinship terminology --; title: Glossary of Yamba terms.