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| Other uniform titles: | Beattie, John. Bunyoro, an African kingdom.
Middleton, John, 1921-2009 Magic, witchcraft, and curing. Selections.
Beattie, John. Group aspects of the Nyoro spirit mediumship cult.
Middleton, John, 1921-2009 Witchcraft and sorcery in East Africa. Selections.
Beattie, John. Nyoro state.
Beattie, John. Nyoro mortuary rites.
Beattie, John. Nyoro kinship.
Beattie, John. Nyoro marriage and affinity.
Charsley, S. R. Mobility and village composition in Bunyoro.
Doyle, Shane (Shane Declan). Population decline and delayed recovery in Bunyoro, 1860-1960.
Kiwanuka, M. S. M. Semakula. Bunyoro and the British.
Kiwanuka, M. S. M. Semakula. Empire of Bunyoro-Kitara, myth or reality?
Nyakatura, J. W. (John W.). Aspects of Bunyoro customs and tradition.
Roscoe, John, 1861-1932. Bakitara or Bunyoro.
Uzoigwe, G. N. Inter-ethnic co-operation in Northern Uganda.
Uzoigwe, G. N. Revolution and revolt in Bunyoro-Kitara, two studies.
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| Other authors / contributors: | Human Relations Area Files, inc.
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| Notes: | Title from Web page (viewed Feb. 28, 2008).
This portion of eHRAF world cultures was first released in 2003.
Includes bibliographical references.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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| Summary: | 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.
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