W D Hammond‐tooke
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 85290 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | W D Hammond‐tooke |
| NOMBRES | W D |
| APELLIDO | Hammond‐tooke |
| FIRMA | TOOKE W D H |
| AFILIACIONES | University of the Witwatersrand |
| VERIFICADO | No |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 34 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 246 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 34 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1953 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2002 |
| ÍNDICE H | 10 |
The Uniqueness of Nguni Mediumistic Divination in Southern Africa
Mediumistic divination is unique to the Nguni, as all other Bantu-speakers in southern Africa used a fairly 'objective' divinatory system involving a set of four incised bone tablets, or an assortment of astragals, shells and other objects (or a combination of both). Also, unlike non-Nguni, Nguni diviners were predominantly women. They were called to the profession through a life-transforming, ancestor-sent illness (thwasa) characterised by psych…
Divinatory Animals
Selective Borrowing? The Possibility of San Shamanistic Influence on Southern Bantu Divination and Healing Practices
Two problems are addressed: the nature of possible San influence on the mediumistic divinatory practices of Nguni, and the reason for the uniqueness of the Nguni system among Southern Bantu generally. It is suggested that borrowing from San was highly selective and indeed only influenced the nature of the thwasa initiatory period, not divination as such. The reason for the Nguni adoption of mediumistic divination (rather than divination by the di…
Imperfect Interpreters
Whatever Happened to /Kaggen
N.J. Van Warmelo and the ethnological section a memoir
1995). N.J. Van Warmelo and the ethnological section a memoir. African Studies: Vol. 54, No. 1, pp. 119-128
Twins, incest and mediators
This article attempts to apply Levi-Straussian methods of myth analysis to four Zulu folk tales recorded by Callaway in the 1860s and published, with a number of other stories and fragments, with parallel English and Zulu texts. The folk tales were selected on the grounds that they all dealt with relationships within the family, and appeared to be making, at least subjectively, serious statements on matters of significance.Although they differed …
Kinship authority and political authority in precolonial South Africa
David Joseph Webster
(1989). David Joseph Webster: 19.12.1945–1.5.1989. African Studies: Vol. 48, No. 1, pp. 83-85
The 'mythic' content of Zulu folktales
Identification de mythemes et de leur combinaisons dans le conte Untombi - yaphansi , dont les themes evoquent la separation de l'heroine d'avec sa maison natale pour rejoindre celle de son epoux, et l'ambivalence de la situation de deux jumeaux
The aetiology of spirit in Southern Africa
1986). The aetiology of spirit in Southern Africa. African Studies: Vol. 45, No. 2, pp. 157-170
The emergence of South African chiefdoms
1986). The emergence of South African chiefdoms: an archaeological perspective. African Studies: Vol. 45, No. 1, pp. 37-41
Descent groups, chiefdoms and South African historiography
A number of impressive historical studies by a group of young South African scholars has recently appeared, seeking to apply new insights in tracing the effects of the imposition of colonial rule over the indigenous peoples of the sub-continent (e.g. Slater 1976; Hedges 1978; Peires 1981; Bonner 1980, 1983; Guy 1979, 1981; Delius 1982, Hamilton and Wright 1984). Some of these authors, notably Slater, Hedges, Guy, Bonner, Hamilton and Wright, seek…
Who worships whom
In Search of the Lineage
It has long been accepted that one of the basic features of Cape Nguni social structure is the patrilineage which, despite the presence of formal political institutions, continues to play an important role in social life, especially in low-level dispute settlement and in the ancestor cult. More detailed investigation shows that, despite the recognition of genealogies of four to six generations in depth, those whose names appear on them never come…
Boundaries and belief
Symbol or Icon
The Bantu-Speaking Peoples of Southern Africa
Levi-Strauss in a Garden of Millet
The Levi-Straussian approach to the study of myth is still the subject of lively debate. On the one hand the epistemology of the basic assumptions and analytical procedures has been criticised, on the other the method, where applied, has never failed to produce insights. An early-recorded Zulu 'folk-tale' is subjected to structural analysis. A clear structure emerges in which the two sections of the myth appear as transformations of one another a…
The Bantu-speaking Peoples of Southern Africa
The Bantu-Speaking Peoples of Southern Africa
Prefatory note
The Cape Nguni Witch Familiar As a Mediatory Construct
Urbanization and the Interpretation of Misfortune
Opening ParagraphThe general aim of this paper is to test by quantitative methods Mitchell's statement (Mitchell, 1965, p. 193) that 'we expect the meaning which people read into misfortunes to change when they become part of an industrial urban community'. Mitchell was commenting (and elaborating) on the demonstration by Marwick (1952) that witchcraft accusations are particularly likely to occur between people who are in competition with one ano…
The Transkeian Council System 1895–1955
For sixty-one years, from 1895 to 1955, the area known as the Transkeian Territories was the scene of an ‘experiment’ in local government based on district councils of elected members under the chairmanship of White magistrates. These councils were essentially advisory, and initiated proposals for expenditure on a range of parochial matters such as the building and maintenance of roads and bridges, water conservation, postal services and fencing.…
Imperfect Interpreters
The Bantu-Speaking Peoples of Southern Africa
Segmentation and Fission in Cape Nguni Political Units
Opening ParagraphThe aim of this paper is to discuss certain aspects of the political organization of the Cape Nguni, with special reference to the formation of political units. Its preparation forms part of a larger study undertaken by the writer on the nature and direction of political development in the Transkeian Territories of the Republic of South Africa, which has culminated in the establishment of a system of what approximates to indirect…
In Search of the Lineage
It has long been accepted that one of the basic features of Cape Nguni social structure is the patrilineage which, despite the presence of formal political institutions, continues to play an important role in social life, especially in low-level dispute settlement and in the ancestor cult. More detailed investigation shows that, despite the recognition of genealogies of four to six generations in depth, those whose names appear on them never come…
Urbanization and the Interpretation of Misfortune
Opening ParagraphThe general aim of this paper is to test by quantitative methods Mitchell's statement (Mitchell, 1965, p. 193) that 'we expect the meaning which people read into misfortunes to change when they become part of an industrial urban community'. Mitchell was commenting (and elaborating) on the demonstration by Marwick (1952) that witchcraft accusations are particularly likely to occur between people who are in competition with one ano…
Descent groups, chiefdoms and South African historiography
A number of impressive historical studies by a group of young South African scholars has recently appeared, seeking to apply new insights in tracing the effects of the imposition of colonial rule over the indigenous peoples of the sub-continent (e.g. Slater 1976; Hedges 1978; Peires 1981; Bonner 1980, 1983; Guy 1979, 1981; Delius 1982, Hamilton and Wright 1984). Some of these authors, notably Slater, Hedges, Guy, Bonner, Hamilton and Wright, seek…
The Morphology of Mpondomise Descent Groups
Opening ParagraphThis paper had its genesis in an attempt to understand certain aspects of the ancestor cult of the Mpondomise, a Cape Nguni people of the Transkei, South Africa. Like all Southern Bantu, the Mpondomise have only a vague idea of a supreme being and effective ritual behaviour is directed towards the shades of deceased agnatic forebears, the izinyanya. It was immediately obvious that any understanding, particularly of the structural…
The emergence of South African chiefdoms
1986). The emergence of South African chiefdoms: an archaeological perspective. African Studies: Vol. 45, No. 1, pp. 37-41
Selective Borrowing? The Possibility of San Shamanistic Influence on Southern Bantu Divination and Healing Practices
Two problems are addressed: the nature of possible San influence on the mediumistic divinatory practices of Nguni, and the reason for the uniqueness of the Nguni system among Southern Bantu generally. It is suggested that borrowing from San was highly selective and indeed only influenced the nature of the thwasa initiatory period, not divination as such. The reason for the Nguni adoption of mediumistic divination (rather than divination by the di…
Who worships whom
The Uniqueness of Nguni Mediumistic Divination in Southern Africa
Mediumistic divination is unique to the Nguni, as all other Bantu-speakers in southern Africa used a fairly 'objective' divinatory system involving a set of four incised bone tablets, or an assortment of astragals, shells and other objects (or a combination of both). Also, unlike non-Nguni, Nguni diviners were predominantly women. They were called to the profession through a life-transforming, ancestor-sent illness (thwasa) characterised by psych…
The Cape Nguni Witch Familiar As a Mediatory Construct
Levi-Strauss in a Garden of Millet
The Levi-Straussian approach to the study of myth is still the subject of lively debate. On the one hand the epistemology of the basic assumptions and analytical procedures has been criticised, on the other the method, where applied, has never failed to produce insights. An early-recorded Zulu 'folk-tale' is subjected to structural analysis. A clear structure emerges in which the two sections of the myth appear as transformations of one another a…
The aetiology of spirit in Southern Africa
1986). The aetiology of spirit in Southern Africa. African Studies: Vol. 45, No. 2, pp. 157-170
Descent group scatter in a Mpondomise ward
1968). Descent group scatter in a Mpondomise ward. African Studies: Vol. 27, No. 2, pp. 83-94
Kinship, Locality, and Association
The initiation of a Baca isangoma diviner
SYNOPSIS The activities and social function of the Nguni diviner (Zulu, Baca isangoma; Xhosa igqira) has been described by a number of writers, notably Hunter and Kohler. This article gives an account of an initiation ceremony observed among the Baca of the Mount Frere district, East Griqualand and, as such, fills a gap in the published data on the subject. A person is “called” to the profession by the ancestral spirits and a diviner is conceived…
Twins, incest and mediators
This article attempts to apply Levi-Straussian methods of myth analysis to four Zulu folk tales recorded by Callaway in the 1860s and published, with a number of other stories and fragments, with parallel English and Zulu texts. The folk tales were selected on the grounds that they all dealt with relationships within the family, and appeared to be making, at least subjectively, serious statements on matters of significance.Although they differed …
Kinship authority and political authority in precolonial South Africa
The Transkeian Council System 1895–1955
For sixty-one years, from 1895 to 1955, the area known as the Transkeian Territories was the scene of an ‘experiment’ in local government based on district councils of elected members under the chairmanship of White magistrates. These councils were essentially advisory, and initiated proposals for expenditure on a range of parochial matters such as the building and maintenance of roads and bridges, water conservation, postal services and fencing.…
Divinatory Animals
Whatever Happened to /Kaggen
N.J. Van Warmelo and the ethnological section a memoir
1995). N.J. Van Warmelo and the ethnological section a memoir. African Studies: Vol. 54, No. 1, pp. 119-128
The function of annual first fruit ceremonies in Baca social structure
SYNOPSIS Annual first fruit ceremonies appear to have been a prominent feature of the Nguni culture complex in the past and, while to‐day the impressive ceremonial has fallen into disuse among many tribes who formerly performed it, it is still an important pivotal rite among a few, notably the Swazi and Baca. This paper refers to the two related tribes of Baca in the Mount Frere district. There are two main views of the ceremonies’ function and s…
The 'mythic' content of Zulu folktales
Identification de mythemes et de leur combinaisons dans le conte Untombi - yaphansi , dont les themes evoquent la separation de l'heroine d'avec sa maison natale pour rejoindre celle de son epoux, et l'ambivalence de la situation de deux jumeaux
The function of annual first fruit ceremonies in Baca social structure
SYNOPSIS Annual first fruit ceremonies appear to have been a prominent feature of the Nguni culture complex in the past and, while to‐day the impressive ceremonial has fallen into disuse among many tribes who formerly performed it, it is still an important pivotal rite among a few, notably the Swazi and Baca. This paper refers to the two related tribes of Baca in the Mount Frere district. There are two main views of the ceremonies’ function and s…
The initiation of a Baca isangoma diviner
SYNOPSIS The activities and social function of the Nguni diviner (Zulu, Baca isangoma; Xhosa igqira) has been described by a number of writers, notably Hunter and Kohler. This article gives an account of an initiation ceremony observed among the Baca of the Mount Frere district, East Griqualand and, as such, fills a gap in the published data on the subject. A person is “called” to the profession by the ancestral spirits and a diviner is conceived…
The attainment of adult status among the Mount Frere Bhaca
SYNOPSIS In this study the transition from childhood to full tribal membership is discussed. Although circumcision appears to have been part of original (i.e. Natalian) Bhaca culture, the practice has fallen into disuse today and, generally speaking, there are no special rites that mark the attainment of manhood among boys. However, the phenomenon of its re‐adopton, mainly due to Hlubi influence, is noted. Girls, on the other hand, should pass th…
Some Bhaca religious categories
Kinship, Locality, and Association
Reply to a review
Segmentation and Fission in Cape Nguni Political Units
Opening ParagraphThe aim of this paper is to discuss certain aspects of the political organization of the Cape Nguni, with special reference to the formation of political units. Its preparation forms part of a larger study undertaken by the writer on the nature and direction of political development in the Transkeian Territories of the Republic of South Africa, which has culminated in the establishment of a system of what approximates to indirect…
The Transkeian Council System 1895–1955
For sixty-one years, from 1895 to 1955, the area known as the Transkeian Territories was the scene of an ‘experiment’ in local government based on district councils of elected members under the chairmanship of White magistrates. These councils were essentially advisory, and initiated proposals for expenditure on a range of parochial matters such as the building and maintenance of roads and bridges, water conservation, postal services and fencing.…
Descent group scatter in a Mpondomise ward
1968). Descent group scatter in a Mpondomise ward. African Studies: Vol. 27, No. 2, pp. 83-94
The Morphology of Mpondomise Descent Groups
Opening ParagraphThis paper had its genesis in an attempt to understand certain aspects of the ancestor cult of the Mpondomise, a Cape Nguni people of the Transkei, South Africa. Like all Southern Bantu, the Mpondomise have only a vague idea of a supreme being and effective ritual behaviour is directed towards the shades of deceased agnatic forebears, the izinyanya. It was immediately obvious that any understanding, particularly of the structural…
Urbanization and the Interpretation of Misfortune
Opening ParagraphThe general aim of this paper is to test by quantitative methods Mitchell's statement (Mitchell, 1965, p. 193) that 'we expect the meaning which people read into misfortunes to change when they become part of an industrial urban community'. Mitchell was commenting (and elaborating) on the demonstration by Marwick (1952) that witchcraft accusations are particularly likely to occur between people who are in competition with one ano…
The Cape Nguni Witch Familiar As a Mediatory Construct
The Bantu-speaking Peoples of Southern Africa
The Bantu-Speaking Peoples of Southern Africa
Prefatory note
Levi-Strauss in a Garden of Millet
The Levi-Straussian approach to the study of myth is still the subject of lively debate. On the one hand the epistemology of the basic assumptions and analytical procedures has been criticised, on the other the method, where applied, has never failed to produce insights. An early-recorded Zulu 'folk-tale' is subjected to structural analysis. A clear structure emerges in which the two sections of the myth appear as transformations of one another a…
Symbol or Icon
The Bantu-Speaking Peoples of Southern Africa
Boundaries and belief
In Search of the Lineage
It has long been accepted that one of the basic features of Cape Nguni social structure is the patrilineage which, despite the presence of formal political institutions, continues to play an important role in social life, especially in low-level dispute settlement and in the ancestor cult. More detailed investigation shows that, despite the recognition of genealogies of four to six generations in depth, those whose names appear on them never come…
Descent groups, chiefdoms and South African historiography
A number of impressive historical studies by a group of young South African scholars has recently appeared, seeking to apply new insights in tracing the effects of the imposition of colonial rule over the indigenous peoples of the sub-continent (e.g. Slater 1976; Hedges 1978; Peires 1981; Bonner 1980, 1983; Guy 1979, 1981; Delius 1982, Hamilton and Wright 1984). Some of these authors, notably Slater, Hedges, Guy, Bonner, Hamilton and Wright, seek…
Who worships whom
The aetiology of spirit in Southern Africa
1986). The aetiology of spirit in Southern Africa. African Studies: Vol. 45, No. 2, pp. 157-170
The emergence of South African chiefdoms
1986). The emergence of South African chiefdoms: an archaeological perspective. African Studies: Vol. 45, No. 1, pp. 37-41
The 'mythic' content of Zulu folktales
Identification de mythemes et de leur combinaisons dans le conte Untombi - yaphansi , dont les themes evoquent la separation de l'heroine d'avec sa maison natale pour rejoindre celle de son epoux, et l'ambivalence de la situation de deux jumeaux
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