Dwadzieścia lat później. O jednym z sygnałów zmiany obyczajowej w Ruandzie w świetle relacji Jana Czekanowskiego (1882–1962) i Leona Sapiehy (1883–1944)
Twenty years later. On one of the signs of the social transformation in Rwanda in the light of written reports of Jan Czekanowski (1882–1962) and Leon Sapieha (1883–1944)

Summary/Abstract: In the beginning of twentieth century Jan Czekanowski took part in the great scientific expedition the goal of which was to explore the German territories of East Africa. His account of the expedition is still, to this day, not fully available in Polish despite its importance as source material for the study of the culture of tribes inhabiting these territories. The author, beginning with the analysis of the translated fragments of „Forchungen…”, refers to the original version and finds the wider context for Czekanowski’s findings. The author focuses on the cultural change taking place on the territory of Ruanda-Burundi which is traceable by means of the two accounts taken two decades apart: the aforementioned account of Czekanowski – an anthropologist and scholar, as well as the 1930s memoirs of Leon Sapieha – a Polish nobleman and traveller. The transformations in the customs of tribal women of Watussi and Bahutu tribes are the profile used to trace the change. The juxtaposition of the two accounts, written for different purposes and in different forms, allows to pose question about the condition of traditional and modern anthropology.

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