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Death and dying among the Acholi of Northern Uganda, 1900s-1980s

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2182672
AutoresJulaina A Obika, Julaina Obika (0000-0002-6040-0247, Gulu University), Patrick W Otim (0000-0002-2862-0653, Bates College, autor de correspondencia)
Año2022
Volumen16
Número3
Páginas375-394
Fecha de publicación2022-07-03
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Eastern African Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1753-1055 • E-ISSN: 1753-1063
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/17531055.2022.2163124
OpenAlexW4318821776
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas1
Referencias citadas12

The encounters between Acholi and Europeans, beginning in 1904 with the settlement of the Church Missionary Society in Acholiland, had a profound impact on the people. Scholars have long examined the impact of these encounters on various aspects of life. But a study of their impact on mortuary practices in the region has largely been neglected. Recently, scholars have shined a spotlight on death and dying as a result of the armed conflict that engulfed Acholiland from the late 1980s. Drawing on previously untapped primary sources, interviews, and works of Acholi intellectuals, this article complements this new trend, by focusing on death and mortuary practices between the 1900s and the 1980s. Specifically, it recreates these practices and demonstrates change and continuity; and it concludes with a history of the cemetery in Acholiland

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