Gogo: History, Customs and Traditions FROM THE PUBLISHER
This volume makes available for the first time in English the narrative reconstruction by the noted Tanzanian author and poet Mathias E. Mnyampala of the history and customs of his people. The work is translated, introduced, and edited by Professor Gregory Maddox of Texas Southern University. Professor Maddox earned his doctorate from Northwestern University. He has published several works on environmental change in central Tanzania and on the Gogo people and has taught at the University of Dar es Salaam.
FROM THE CRITICS
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A translation of Mnyampala's local history of the Gogo, an agropastoral people inhabiting what is now Tanzania, first published in 1954. An introduction by the translator discusses the ironies involved in this collection of clan histories written in Swahili, the language of Islam and colonial administration, and provides an historical context. Describes the tribal and clan history of the area and customs concerning marriage, birth, child rearing, circumcision, and witch finding. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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