Hans Cory (born Hans Koritschoner; 18 March 1889 - 24 April 1962) was a British colonial officer of Austrian descent, farmer and sociologist with a special interest in traditional lifestyles of ethnic groups in former Tanganyika, now Tanzania. Speaking Swahili and several local dialects, he had a special interest in the cultural traditions of different ethnic groups, at the time called " tribes ". A self-taught ethnologist, Cory collected extensive ethnographic field data, traditional paintings or sculptures. Based on this, he published several books in English about such subjects as traditional law, ethnic histories and beliefs, initiation rites, food and plants, traditional songs or poetry.Listen to the sound archives from the 1950s, where he read Swahili poetry in a dramatic style and with his German accent. In particular, he collected numerous clay figurines used for initiation rites and published several works on this topic. According to the German ethnologist Elisabeth Grohs who studied initiation rites and figurines in Tanzania in the 1960s, Cory donated a large number of these figurines to the Dar es Salaam National Museum. From the 1950s onwards, he was conducting a government project to collect and codify the customary law of a number of ethnic groups, such as the Sukuma, Nyamwezi, Haya, Gogo and others. His unpublished papers are collected in the University College Library of the University of Dar es Salaam. - In Ernest Hemingway's account of his safari in Tanganyika, Green Hills of Africa, the author tells of his encounter with the Austrian farmer "Kandisky", who shared his knowledge of local culture and who in reality was Hans Cory. Hans Koritschoner. Some East African Native Songs. Tanganyika Notes and Records 4: 51-64 , 1937 Hans Cory. African figurines: their ceremonial use in puberty rites in Tanganyika. London 1956 Wall-paintings by snake charmers in Tanganyika. London 1953 The indigenous political system of the Sukuma and proposals for political reform. Nairobi 1954 Customary law of the Haya Tribe, Tanganyika territory. London 1945 History of the Bukoba district. Mwanza 1959
Hans Cory (born Hans Koritschoner; 18 March 1889 – 24 April 1962) was a British colonial officer of Austrian descent, farmer and sociologist with a special interest in traditional lifestyles of ethnic groups in former Tanganyika, now Tanzania. Speaking Swahili and several local dialects, he had a special interest in the cultural traditions of different ethnic groups, at the time called " Tribes ". A self-taught ethnologist, Cory collected extensive ethnographic field data, traditional paintings or sculptures. Based on this, he published several books in English about such subjects as traditional law, ethnic histories and beliefs, initiation rites, food and plants, traditional songs or poetry.Listen to the sound archives from the 1950s, where he read Swahili poetry in a dramatic style and with his German accent. In particular, he collected numerous clay figurines used for initiation rites and published several works on this topic. According to the German ethnologist Elisabeth Grohs who studied initiation rites and figurines in Tanzania in the 1960s, Cory donated a large number of these figurines to the Dar es Salaam National Museum. From the 1950s onwards, he was conducting a government project to collect and codify the customary law of a number of ethnic groups, such as the Sukuma, Nyamwezi, Haya, Gogo and others. His unpublished papers are collected in the University College Library of the University of Dar es Salaam. – In Ernest Hemingway's account of his safari in Tanganyika, Green Hills of Africa, the author tells of his encounter with the Austrian farmer "Kandisky", who shared his knowledge of local culture and who in reality was Hans Cory. Hans Koritschoner. Some East African Native Songs. Tanganyika Notes and Records 4: 51–64 , 1937 Hans Cory. African figurines: their ceremonial use in puberty rites in Tanganyika. London 1956 Wall-paintings by snake charmers in Tanganyika. London 1953 The indigenous political system of the Sukuma and proposals for political reform. Nairobi 1954 Customary law of the Haya Tribe, Tanganyika territory. London 1945 History of the Bukoba district. Mwanza 1959
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