The Lugbara people live south of Sudan, astride the Nile-Zaire divide, partly in north-west Uganda and partly in north-east Zaire. The proverbs in this collection reflect the rich diversity in Lugbara culture.
This was the first full-length account of this hitherto little-known people and remains one of the very few modern accounts of an African ancestral cult.
Written by one of the most distinguished ethnographers of African cultures, this edition updates 30 years of research and writing.