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Auction #114 begins on 11 Apr 2024

J. H. Driberg

THE LANGO - A Nilotic Tribe of Uganda (1923)

Published: T. Fisher Unwin, London, 1923

Edition: First Edition

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Publisher's blue cloth hardcover with gilt lettering. Binding tight and square, contents clean.

The rare dustjacket, although worn and torn, has managed to survive, with the tears being chiefly along the hinges and fold-overs.

Frontispiece of the author, 22 other black & white plates, large fold-out map at rear (between pages 354 & 355).

This 1923 study of the Lango people of north-central Uganda narrates the origins and history of the group, which had a form of government based on minor clan chiefs before the arrival of British rule.

Jack Herbert Driberg (1888-1946) was a British official in the service of the Uganda Protectorate in 1912-21 and lived and worked among the Lango, for whom he developed both sympathy and admiration.

He describes the ethnology of the Lango nation, their environment, the geographical features of their territory, physical & psychical characteristics, a detailed record of village life (weapons, war, dances etc.), material goods, social organization, religion, magic, and witchcraft.

The study also contains Driberg's analysis of the Lango people's Luo language and his Lango English dictionary at rear. The book concludes with a series of Lango fables.

  • Jacket Condition: Poor
  • Binding Condition: Fine
  • Overall Condition: Very Good
  • Size: 25 x 16.5
  • Sold By: Rare Paper
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