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Title: | Kinship and Conflict in a Yombe Village: a Genealogical Dispute |
Author: | Bond, George C. |
Year: | 1972 |
Periodical: | Africa: Journal of the International African Institute |
Volume: | 42 |
Issue: | 4 |
Period: | October |
Pages: | 275-288 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Zambia |
Subjects: | social conflicts Yombe kinship Peoples of Africa (Ethnic Groups) |
External links: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/1158496 https://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&res_dat=xri:pao:&rft_dat=xri:pao:article:4011-1972-042-00-000023 |
Abstract: | As distinct from Malinovski's view of myth, reflected in his 'Myth in Primitive Psychology', later anthropologists have proved that myth does not always operate as an integrating force in a society. On the contrary, myth itself becomes very often the focus of controversy, being manipulated as au instrument to justify different interests. This paper indicates how certain members of a lineage group may rearrange crucial characters of their myth, when claims to status and property come up for discussion. It makes clear how differing versions of a mythical charter, may be linked to changes in the relations of individuals and segments to lineage property and to one another, resulting in a redistribution of power and authority within a lineage. Parts of the article: The Yombe - The Vidi of Joko - A dispute over a charter - The basis of disputes - The genealogical dispute - Summary and conclusion. Notes, genealogy, ref., French summary. |