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What is a mruna?

Question #75908. Asked by KAREDEVF1.
Last updated May 18 2021.

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A member of an African ethnic group. They were mentioned in "To Kill a Mockingbird."

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Response last updated by CmdrK on May 18 2021.
Feb 15 2007, 3:22 PM
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From "To Kill a Mockingbird" Chapter 24:

The women discuss the plight of the Mruna people, a non-Christian group in Africa who are said to live in squalor and are being converted thanks to the efforts of a missionary named J. Grimes Everett.

link http://www.shmoop.com/to-kill-a-mockingbird/chapter-24-summary.html
Response last updated by nautilator on Aug 28 2016.
Feb 15 2007, 3:23 PM
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Worth pointing out that it appears to be a fictional ethnic group only found in this book.

Feb 15 2007, 3:37 PM
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Notes on the Kinship Terminology of the Wateita

The mother's brother is addressed as aka and referred to as mruna mao or aka.

link https://www.jstor.org/stable/2793460?seq=1
Response last updated by CmdrK on May 18 2021.
Feb 15 2007, 4:55 PM
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