Ghosts of Kanungu: fertility, secrecy & exchange in the Great Lakes of East Africa

Vokes, Richard

Ghosts of Kanungu: fertility, secrecy & exchange in the Great Lakes of East Africa

On 17 March 2000 several hundred members of a charismatic Christian sect, the Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God (MRTC), burnt to death in the group's headquarters in the Southwest Ugandan village of Kanungu. Days later the Ugandan police discovered a series of mass gra...

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Main Author:	Vokes, Richard (Author)
Format:	Electronic Book
Language:	English
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Published:	Suffolk Boydell & Brewer 2009.
In:	Year: 2009
Reviews:	Ghosts of Kanungu. Fertility, secrecy and exchange in the great lakes of East Africa. By Richard Vokes. (African Anthropology.) Pp. xiv+240 incl. 3 maps and 24 ills. Kampala: Fountain Publishers/Woodbridge: James Currey, 2009. £55. 978 9970 02 732 3; 978 1 84701 009 4 (2011) (Asamoah-Gyadu, J. Kwabena)
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:	B Africa / Uganda (Südwest) / Kanungu / Sect / Christianity / Bewegung zur Wiederherstellung der Zehn Gebote / Fire disaster / Fertility cult / Millennialism / Geschichte 2000
Further subjects:	B Fires Casualties Uganda Kanungu B Kanungu (Uganda) Social conditions 20th century B Fire investigation Uganda Kanungu B Mass burials ; Uganda ; Kanungu B Fires Casualties Uganda Kanungu B Kanungu (Uganda) Social conditions, 20th century B Kanungu (Uganda) ; Social conditions ; 20th century B Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God B Mass burials Uganda Kanungu B Fire investigation ; Uganda ; Kanungu B Fire investigation (Uganda) (Kanungu) B Fires ; Casualties ; Uganda ; Kanungu B Mass burials (Uganda) (Kanungu) B Fire investigation Uganda Kanungu B Mass burials Uganda Kanungu B Kanungu (Uganda) Social conditions 20th century B Fires Casualties (Uganda) (Kanungu)
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Parallel Edition:	Non-electronic Erscheint auch als: 9781847010094

Ghosts of Kanungu: fertility, secrecy & exchange in the Great Lakes of East Africa

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