The Chiga of Western Uganda

by May M. Edel

Originally published in 1957, this is an account of the Chiga, a Bantu tribe of Western Uganda. The Chiga are an independent farming people who have no tribal organization, and unlike the neighbouring East African peoples of a similar culture, no caste system. For this reason they are of particular comparative and historical interest. Full accounts are given of their social system, indigenous legal procedure, land and property rights, domestic...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138587141
• ISBN13: 9781138587144
• Release Date: August 2018
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 206 Pages