Title

Chipimpi, Vulgar Clans, and Lala-Lamba Ethnohistory

Authors

Brian SiegelFollow

Document Type

Article (Journal or Newsletter)

Scholarship Type

Faculty Scholarship

Publication Date

2008

Comments

Originally published in History in Africa. Volume 35. 2008. p. 439-453. http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=HIA

Verbeek (1987) argues most persuasively that Chipimpi, the mythological first chief of the Lamba mentioned on p. 6 of this paper, is a representation of Yeke king Msiri, who conquered and enslaved the Lamba and neighboring peoples in Katanga from his capital at Bunkeya. Thus the mythological chief Chipimpi is an appropriate target for patricide.

Recommended Citation

Siegel, Brian, "Chipimpi, Vulgar Clans, and Lala-Lamba Ethnohistory" (2008). Anthropology Publications. 1.
https://scholarexchange.furman.edu/ant-publications/1