Woman's Mysteries of a Primitive People
21 chapters English Public domain
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This is an ethnography of the Iboibo, a Nigerian tribe. Written by a pioneering English woman in the early 20th Century, this book focuses on the ritual life of women. Despite the naïve colonialist attitude, it presents a female perspective which was seldom seen in the ethnographic literature of the period.
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21 chapters
01 Start Reading 02 Page Index 03 Contents 04 List of Plates 05 Chapter 1: Introductory 06 Chapter 2: Prenatal Influences And Birth Customs 07 Chapter 3: Birth Customs (continued) 08 Chapter 4: Affinities Or Bush Souls 09 Chapter 5: Childhood 10 Chapter 6: Maidenhood To Marriage 11 Chapter 7: Wedded Life And Motherhood 12 Chapter 8: Domestic Life 13 Chapter 9: Marriage Problems 14 Chapter 10: Love Philtres And Magic 15 Chapter 11: Witchcraft 16 Chapter 12: Jujus 17 Chapter 13: Woman And Secret Societies 18 Chapter 14: Woman In War Time 19 Chapter 15: Widowhood And Burial Customs 20 Chapter 16: Widowhood And Burial Customs (continued) 21 L'Envoi
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Woman's Mysteries of a Primitive People
21 chapters English Public domain
About this book
This is an ethnography of the Iboibo, a Nigerian tribe. Written by a pioneering English woman in the early 20th Century, this book focuses on the ritual life of women. Despite the naïve colonialist attitude, it presents a female perspective which was seldom seen in the ethnographic literature of the period.
Table of contents
21 chapters
01 Start Reading 02 Page Index 03 Contents 04 List of Plates 05 Chapter 1: Introductory 06 Chapter 2: Prenatal Influences And Birth Customs 07 Chapter 3: Birth Customs (continued) 08 Chapter 4: Affinities Or Bush Souls 09 Chapter 5: Childhood 10 Chapter 6: Maidenhood To Marriage 11 Chapter 7: Wedded Life And Motherhood 12 Chapter 8: Domestic Life 13 Chapter 9: Marriage Problems 14 Chapter 10: Love Philtres And Magic 15 Chapter 11: Witchcraft 16 Chapter 12: Jujus 17 Chapter 13: Woman And Secret Societies 18 Chapter 14: Woman In War Time 19 Chapter 15: Widowhood And Burial Customs 20 Chapter 16: Widowhood And Burial Customs (continued) 21 L'Envoi
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Woman's Mysteries of a Primitive People
21 chapters English Public domain
About this book
This is an ethnography of the Iboibo, a Nigerian tribe. Written by a pioneering English woman in the early 20th Century, this book focuses on the ritual life of women. Despite the naïve colonialist attitude, it presents a female perspective which was seldom seen in the ethnographic literature of the period.
Table of contents
21 chapters
01 Start Reading 02 Page Index 03 Contents 04 List of Plates 05 Chapter 1: Introductory 06 Chapter 2: Prenatal Influences And Birth Customs 07 Chapter 3: Birth Customs (continued) 08 Chapter 4: Affinities Or Bush Souls 09 Chapter 5: Childhood 10 Chapter 6: Maidenhood To Marriage 11 Chapter 7: Wedded Life And Motherhood 12 Chapter 8: Domestic Life 13 Chapter 9: Marriage Problems 14 Chapter 10: Love Philtres And Magic 15 Chapter 11: Witchcraft 16 Chapter 12: Jujus 17 Chapter 13: Woman And Secret Societies 18 Chapter 14: Woman In War Time 19 Chapter 15: Widowhood And Burial Customs 20 Chapter 16: Widowhood And Burial Customs (continued) 21 L'Envoi
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