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

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ID2182672
AutoresJulaina A Obika, Julaina Obika (0000-0002-6040-0247, Gulu University), Patrick W Otim (0000-0002-2862-0653, Bates College, autor correspondente)
Ano2022
Volume16
Fascículo3
Páginas375-394
Data de publicação2022-07-03
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Eastern African Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1753-1055 • E-ISSN: 1753-1063
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/17531055.2022.2163124
OpenAlexW4318821776
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas1
Referências 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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