'Rimi (Nyaturu) Box 6: Testimonies and notes, Wahi XXXVI-LVIII'.

This material is held atSchool of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) Archives, University of London

  • Reference
    • GB 102 PP MS 57/06
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1966 - 1976
  • Language of Material
    • English Nyaturu

Scope and Content

Manuscript notes taken on various subjects following interviews with people, detailed list in box. Topics include creation myths, cosmology, warfare, twins, music, sacrifice, mortuary and ancestral rites, praising the sun, and circumcision. Also cosmologies of other groups such as the Shona, Nandi and Kipsigis. Correspondence concerning research. Article: `Boys puberty rites among the Turu of Central Tanzania',(n.d.) MJ Article: `Praising the Sun: Ikungi, Singida District', MJ 1969

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