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Kamba customary law : notes taken in the Machakos District of Kenya Colony / by D.J. Penwill

Catalog Data

Author:
Penwill, D. J  Search this
Physical description:
122 pages ; 19 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Kenya
Date:
1986
Contents:
Marriage -- Divorce -- Custody of Widows and Children; Inheritance -- Land Tenure and Inheritance in Land -- The "Kithitu" Oath and the "Ndundu" Oath -- Ordeals -- Adultery, Fornication and Unnatural Behavior -- Offences Against the Person: The Blood Price -- Theft -- Witchcraft -- Beer Drinking -- Insanity -- Stock Trespass; Damage Property; Debt; Partnership in Cattle -- Offences Connected with the Social Organisation of the Kamba
Topic:
Law, Kamba  Search this
Customary law  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1069302