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Womunafu's Bunafu: A Study of Authority in a Nineteenth-Century African Community
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Publishing Details
Full Title:
Womunafu's Bunafu: A Study of Authority in a Nineteenth-Century African Community
Contributors:
By (Author) David William Cohen
Series:
Publisher:
Princeton University Press
Imprint:
Princeton University Press
Publication Date:
19th May 2015
Country:
United States
Classifications
Readership:
Tertiary Education
Genre:
Fiction/Non-fiction:
Non Fiction
Main Subject:
Other Subjects:
African history
Dewey:
967.6101092
Physical Properties
Physical Format:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
228
Dimensions:
Width 152mm, Height 235mm
Weight:
312g
Description
This book reconstructs the career of Womunafu, the son of a ruler of a small state in what is today Uganda. Recognized as an infant to be possessed by Mukama, the spirit of a heroic figure in the tradition of the wider region, Womunafu was placed in a large enclosure, one of four he would occupy from 1830 until his death in 1906. During his long l
