Program

Research Programs: Translations

Period of Performance

7/1/1992 - 8/31/1992

Funding Totals

$14,230.00 (approved)
$14,126.00 (awarded)


Kongo Chiefship Rituals and Traditions

FAIN: RL-21904-92

Wyatt MacGaffey
Haverford College (Haverford, PA 19041-1392)

To support translation of indigenous Kongo texts, written in 1915 on chiefship rituals and traditions for the Swedish missionary K.E. Laman. The texts will be a primary source of information on African culture and society.