Kingship and state the Buganda dynasty /
The precolonial kingdom of Buganda, nucleus of the present Uganda state, has long attracted scholarly interest. Since written records are lacking entirely until 1862, historians have had to rely on oral traditions that were recorded from the end of the nineteenth century. These sources provide rich...
| Main Author: | Wrigley, Christopher. |
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| Other Authors: | EBSCOhost. |
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
1996.
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| Physical Description: |
1 online resource (xv, 293 pages) : map. |
| Series: |
African studies series ;
88. |
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| Summary: |
The precolonial kingdom of Buganda, nucleus of the present Uganda state, has long attracted scholarly interest. Since written records are lacking entirely until 1862, historians have had to rely on oral traditions that were recorded from the end of the nineteenth century. These sources provide rich materials on Buganda in the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, but in this 1996 book Christopher Wrigley endeavours to show that the stories which appear to relate to earlier periods are largely mythology. He argues that this does not reduce their value since they are of interest in their own mythical right, revealing ancient traces of sacred kingship, and also throwing oblique light on the development of the recent state. He has written an elegant and wide-ranging study of one of Africa's most famous kingdoms. |
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| Item Description: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-287) and index. 1. Preamble -- 2. The story and its making -- 3. Introduction to myth -- 4. Introduction to Buganda -- 5. The remoter past -- 6. Genesis -- 7. The cycle of the kings -- 8. Fragments of history -- 9. Foreign Affairs -- 10. The making of the state -- 11. Reflections. The precolonial kingdom of Buganda, nucleus of the present Uganda state, has long attracted scholarly interest. Since written records are lacking entirely until 1862, historians have had to rely on oral traditions that were recorded from the end of the nineteenth century. These sources provide rich materials on Buganda in the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, but in this 1996 book Christopher Wrigley endeavours to show that the stories which appear to relate to earlier periods are largely mythology. He argues that this does not reduce their value since they are of interest in their own mythical right, revealing ancient traces of sacred kingship, and also throwing oblique light on the development of the recent state. He has written an elegant and wide-ranging study of one of Africa's most famous kingdoms. English. Colorado Mountain College - E-book Collection / Ebsco. Colorado Mountain College - E-book Collection / Ebsco Academic. |
| Physical Description: |
1 online resource (xv, 293 pages) : map. |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-287) and index. |
| ISBN: |
0511000413 9780511000416 0511886799 9780511886799 0511584768 9780511584763 |