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A History of African Motherhood - The Case of Uganda, 700-1900 (Paperback)
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A History of African Motherhood - The Case of Uganda, 700-1900 (Paperback)
Series: African Studies
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This history of African motherhood over the longue duree
demonstrates that it was, ideologically and practically, central to
social, economic, cultural and political life. The book explores
how people in the North Nyanzan societies of Uganda used an
ideology of motherhood to shape their communities. More than
biology, motherhood created essential social and political
connections that cut across patrilineal and cultural-linguistic
divides. The importance of motherhood as an ideology and a social
institution meant that in chiefdoms and kingdoms queen mothers were
powerful officials who legitimated the power of kings. This was the
case in Buganda, the many kingdoms of Busoga, and the polities of
Bugwere. By taking a long-term perspective from c.700 to 1900 CE
and using an interdisciplinary approach - drawing on historical
linguistics, comparative ethnography, and oral traditions and
literature, as well as archival sources - this book shows the
durability, mutability and complexity of ideologies of motherhood
in this region.
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