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Kingship and State: The Buganda Dynasty

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In a study of Africa's political and religious past, Christopher Wrigley uses local traditions and comparative mythology to explore an ancient system of myth and ritual in the precolonial kingdom of Buganda, the nucleus of modern Uganda. The study includes critical assessment of oral traditions and places Buganda in a wider regional context. The book is an elegant, wide-ranging and original study of one of Africa's most famous kingdoms.

Language: English

Pages: 312

Format: Paperback

Release: February 23, 1996

ISBN 13: 9780521894357

Kingship and State: The Buganda Dynasty

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In a study of Africa's political and religious past, Christopher Wrigley uses local traditions and comparative mythology to explore an ancient system of myth and ritual in the precolonial kingdom of Buganda, the nucleus of modern Uganda. The study includes critical assessment of oral traditions and places Buganda in a wider regional context. The book is an elegant, wide-ranging and original study of one of Africa's most famous kingdoms.

Language: English

Pages: 312

Format: Paperback

Release: February 23, 1996

ISBN 13: 9780521894357

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