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The Yalaku : History and Warfare in the Middle Sepik
Resource type: Ressourcentyp: Buch (Online)Book (Online)Language: English Publisher: Canon Pyon : Sean Kingston Publishing, 2023Description: 1 Online-Ressource (243 p.)ISBN:- 9781912385539
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Summary: This story of the Yalaku, recounted by their descendants through performance and song, reaches back to 1880s and gives an astonishingly complete account of traditional warfare in the Sepik including warriors' motivations, the unfolding drama of combat and the grief of communities left in their wakePPN: PPN: 1922677744Package identifier: Produktsigel: ZDB-94-OAB
Intro -- Contents -- Figures -- Part I -- Background and social organization -- Chapter 1 -- The Yalaku -- Chapter 2 -- Yelogu village -- Chapter 3 -- Clan histories and the spirit world -- Chapter 4 -- Marriage alliances -- Part II -- History and warfare -- Chapter 5 -- Yalaku history and warfare: an overview -- Chapter 6 -- Earliest remembered warfare: the Nowiniyen and the Apukili -- Chapter 7 -- The beginnings of conflict with the Tongwinjamb Kwoma and warfare with other groups -- Chapter 8 -- Continuing warfare with neighbours, and the rise of Kapay as a military leader
Chapter 9 -- The destruction of the Awokapa tribe and the death of Kapay -- Chapter 10 -- Warfare with Avatip village and the destruction of the Apukili tribe -- Chapter 11 -- Entering the modern world -- Part III -- Myths -- Chapter 12 -- Introduction to Yalaku myth -- Chapter 13 -- The brothers Wantan and Mbapan and the origin of trade with river peoples -- Chapter 14 -- The origin of tobacco and other stories -- Appendix A: Genealogical charts -- Appendix B: Index to genealogical charts -- Appendix C: Yalaku kinship terms -- References -- Index
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