W D Hammond-Tooke
Biographic Data
| ID | 3611601 |
|---|---|
| NAME | W D Hammond-Tooke |
| GIVEN NAMES | W D |
| FAMILY NAME | Hammond-Tooke |
| SIGNATURE | HAMMOND-TOOKE W D |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 178 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1963 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| H-INDEX | 8 |
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
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 …
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…
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
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.…
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…
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…
Kinship, Locality, and Association
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…
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…
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…
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…
Kinship, Locality, and Association
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 …
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
Kinship, Locality, and Association
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.…
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
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
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…
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 …
Whatever Happened to /Kaggen
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
Divinatory Animals
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