African cultural knowledge : themes and embedded beliefs / compiled and edited by Michael C. Kirwen.
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- 9966712607
- 9789966712608
- 306.096 22
- B 5305 .A34 2011
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B 4376 .L6 1942 A short life of Kierkegaard / | B 5300.5 .I585 [1988] Philosophical focus on culture and traditional thought systems in development / | B 5303 .O78 1997 Practical philosophy : | B 5305 .A34 2011 African cultural knowledge : | B 5305 .M33 2007 An introduction to African philosophy : | B 5305 .M33 2007 An introduction to African philosophy : | B 5305 .M37 2003 Thematic issues in African philosophy / |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-274)
Creator God -- Ancestors -- Living dead -- Nominal reincarnation -- African lineage -- Leadership -- Adulthood and elderhood -- Bridewealth -- Marriage -- Polygyny -- Herbalist -- Diviner -- Witch -- Witchcraft -- Death -- Appendix A. Beliefs summarized in each chapter -- Appendix B. Respondents by nationality and ethnic groups -- Appendix C. Selected Bibliography.
"Based on field research data collected and analyzed over the past seventeen years, the Maryknoll Institute of African Studies has categorized cultural knowledge into fifteen themes and thirty-five domains. The themes are the major values, symbols and ideas that bring wholeness and coherence to a culture. The themes explain the nature of life, the nature of creation, the nature of evil, etc. Underneath and within these themes are thirty-five cultural domains, that is, specific activities, rituals, attitudes and happenings that make up the ordinary events in the lives of human beings, from birth to death and beyond ... The book is divided into fifteen chapters, one for each foundational theme"--Intro., p. [1]