Amba people
Amba (pl. Baamba and known by various other names) is a
The
The Baamba were part of the armed
The Baamba are one of the 65 indigenous communities in Uganda according to the Third Schedule of Uganda's Constitution (Uganda's indigenous communities as at 1 February 1926).
Culture
The Baamba people have amazing cultures.In their marriage, families would book their spouses earlier in life after an initiation on the boy was done. The initiation process was to transform the boy from childhood to adulthood before puberty. Bride price was paid inform of goats and no marriage was recognized without bride price. Traditionally the Baamba people were hunters and provided food to their families through hunting by the use of bows and arrows.[3][5][6] The Baamba believe misfortune is visited upon them by witches who appear as normal individuals during the day but at night transform themselves into malevolent beings. The primary primary purpose of these witches is to kill their unwary victims for the sake of human flesh, which they then consume in a mystical fashion so that the corpse shows no outward sign of having been touched.[7]
References
- ^ "2014 Uganda Population and Housing Census – Main Report" (PDF). Uganda Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 October 2017. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
- ^ a b "Amba: A language of Uganda", Ethnologue (accessed 20 August 2009)
- ^ ISBN 978-0-19-537420-9., 82-83
- ^ "Uganda: Welcome Rwenzururu", editorial by the New Vision, 31 March 2008
- ISSN 1057-610X.
- ^ "The People, Settlements and Tribes in Uganda". Saso Gorilla Trips. 2018-03-09. Retrieved 2024-02-03.
- ISBN 9780195025064.
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