The Lugbara of Uganda Book

	Preface
1	The People and Their Country	1
	The Country	1
	Contact with the Outside World	2
	Everyday Life in the 1950s	6
	The Economy of Lugbaraland	10
	Farm and Settlement	15
2	The Form of Lugbara Society	21
	High People and Low People	21
	Myth, Time, and Space	24
3	Family, Clan, and Lineage	31
	The Family Cluster and Its Elder	31
	The Composition of the Family Cluster	34
	Notions of Descent	36
	Clan Dispersal	37
	Host, Accessory, and Remnant Groups	39
	The Lineage System	42
	Rainmakers and Holders of Political Authority	46
4	The Wider Community	51
	Interlineage Relations and Law and Order	51
	Feud and Warfare	53
	Chiefs, Headmen, and the Administration of Justice	59
5	Marriage and Maternal Kinship	61
	Marriage and Exogamy	61
	Kin by Marriage	65
6	Spirit and the Ancestors	69
	Offenses and Sins	69
	Spirit and the Nature of Man	70
	Death and Burial	72
	Death Dances	76
	Contacting the Soul	79
7	The Cult of the Dead	81
	The Ritual Position of the Elder	81
	Ghost Invocation and Vengeance	83
	Oracles	84
	The Rite of Sacrifice	87
	Witches and Sorcerers	89
	Cult, Accusation, and Ambition	91
	The Prophetic Cult of Yakan	94
8	Conclusion: The Changing Society	97
	Glossary	103
	Further Reading	105