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Poetry and Thinking of the Chagga: Contributions to East African Ethnology
Bruno Gutmann
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Description for Poetry and Thinking of the Chagga: Contributions to East African Ethnology
Hardcover. Provides insight into the culture and society of the Chagga people Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFGT; HBJH; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 150 x 224 x 24. Weight in Grams: 474.
Bruno Gutmann (1876-1966) was a German Lutheran missionary. In 1902 he went to Chaggaland on the slopes of Mt. Kilimanjaro in Deutsch-Ostafrika (now Tanzania) and stayed with brief interruptions for 36 years. Owing to his 'intensive involvement with a single tribe in East Africa,' stated Ernst Jaschke, his successor, 'he was able to understand and love them as no other European did.'Gutmann published 23 books and 476 articles about the Chagga, including a Swahili hymnal and a Kichagga New Testament. He wrote: 'The so-called "primitive races" are not childish organisms and easily manageable, as some believe. Not only does the ... Read more
Bruno Gutmann (1876-1966) was a German Lutheran missionary. In 1902 he went to Chaggaland on the slopes of Mt. Kilimanjaro in Deutsch-Ostafrika (now Tanzania) and stayed with brief interruptions for 36 years. Owing to his 'intensive involvement with a single tribe in East Africa,' stated Ernst Jaschke, his successor, 'he was able to understand and love them as no other European did.'Gutmann published 23 books and 476 articles about the Chagga, including a Swahili hymnal and a Kichagga New Testament. He wrote: 'The so-called "primitive races" are not childish organisms and easily manageable, as some believe. Not only does the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Signal Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781909930445
SKU
V9781909930445
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About Bruno Gutmann
Ilona Gruber Drivdal is a German anthropologist. After finishing her study of the Chagga at the University of Bergen, she taught Anthropology at Hedmark University and for the past twenty years has organized seminars and encouraged and advised tour groups regarding Gutmann's work. Shelby Tucker has written several books including The Last Banana: Dancing with the Watu. 'He is an ... Read more
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