The nature of entrustment : intimacy, exchange, and the sacred in Africa - Shipton, Parker MacDonald (New Haven : Yale University Press, 2007)
Fiduciary culture : a thread in anthropological theory -- Luo and their livelihood : the Great Lake Basin and beyond -- Entrustment incarnate : humans and animals over years and generations -- Teaming up : borrowing, lending, and getting by -- Marriage on the installment plan : the present and the promised -- Debts in life and death : shared responsibility and the funerary flow -- In the passing : inheritance of things and persons -- Blood, fire, and word : Luo, Christian, and Luo-Christian sacrifice -- Conclusion : Entrustment and obligation.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-271) and index.
Keywords: Economic anthropology -- Great Lakes Region (Africa); Ceremonial exchange -- Great Lakes Region (Africa); Luo (Kenyan and Tanzanian people) -- Finance; Luo (Kenyan and Tanzanian people) -- Commerce; Luo (Kenyan and Tanzanian people) -- Economic conditions; Great Lakes Region (Africa) -- Economic conditions; Great Lakes Region (Africa) -- Social life and customs