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Ghosts of Kanungu: Fertility, Secrecy & Exchange in the Great Lakes of East Africa
Richard Vokes
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Shortlisted for the Herskovits Award, this book throws light on secrecy and violence in Uganda, Rwanda and the Great Lakes area of East Africa. On 17 March 2000 several hundred members of a charismatic Christian sect, the Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God (MRTC), burnt to death in the group's headquarters in the Southwest Ugandan village of Kanungu. Days later the Ugandan police discovered a series of mass graves containing over 400 bodies on various other properties belonging to the sect. Was this mass suicide or mass murder? Based on eight years ... Read more
Shortlisted for the Herskovits Award, this book throws light on secrecy and violence in Uganda, Rwanda and the Great Lakes area of East Africa. On 17 March 2000 several hundred members of a charismatic Christian sect, the Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God (MRTC), burnt to death in the group's headquarters in the Southwest Ugandan village of Kanungu. Days later the Ugandan police discovered a series of mass graves containing over 400 bodies on various other properties belonging to the sect. Was this mass suicide or mass murder? Based on eight years ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
James Currey United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781847010728
SKU
V9781847010728
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Reviews for Ghosts of Kanungu: Fertility, Secrecy & Exchange in the Great Lakes of East Africa
A compelling account...amongst the outstanding Africanist ethnographies of recent years: a splendid combination of ethnographic investigation with the evaluation of texts and images, and a significant addition to the literature on African-initiated Churches.
AFRICAN AFFAIRS
A tour de force in historical ethnography and anthropological detective work... a deftly crafted account of gender relations, changes in household structure, exchange ... Read more
AFRICAN AFFAIRS
A tour de force in historical ethnography and anthropological detective work... a deftly crafted account of gender relations, changes in household structure, exchange ... Read more