Town and Country in Central and Eastern Africa

• Hardcover | Engels | African Ethnographic Studies of the 20th Century
• Originally published in 1975, the studies in this volume examine the range of factors which mediate the development of social processes in both town a... Lees meer

The New Elites of Tropical Africa

• Paperback | Engels | African Ethnographic Studies of the 20th Century
• Originally published in 1966, this book brings together papers dealing with the emergence and development of elites in sub-Saharan Africa among social... Lees meer

Benin Studies

R E Bradbury

• Hardcover | Engels | African Ethnographic Studies of the 20th Century
• This collection of R. E. Bradbury's papers, originally published in 1973 includes edited sections of his (then hitherto) unpublished thesis on the Ben... Lees meer

The Dynamics of Clanship Among the Tallensi

Meyer Fortes

• Paperback | Engels | African Ethnographic Studies of the 20th Century
• Originally published in 1945, this book analyses Tale social structure at the level of corporate group organization. Tale culture is discussed primari... Lees meer

Government in Zazzau

M G Smith

• Hardcover | Engels | African Ethnographic Studies of the 20th Century
• Originally published in 1960, this is a details study of the successive forms of government in the Hausa chiefdom of Zaria in Northern Nigeria. It pre... Lees meer

Chopi Musicians

Hugh Tracey

• Paperback | Engels | African Ethnographic Studies of the 20th Century
• Originally published in 1948 and updated with a new introduction in 1970 this book is a classic study on the musical life of a Bantu people in Mozambi... Lees meer

Good Company

Monica Wilson

• Hardcover | Engels | African Ethnographic Studies of the 20th Century
• Originally published in 1951 this book is a study of village system in southern Tanzania, which at the time of publication was thought to be unique. E... Lees meer

A Tribal Survey of Mongalla Province

• Hardcover | Engels | African Ethnographic Studies of the 20th Century
• Originally published in 1937, this book describes and compares the tribes of the Mongalla Province in what is now South Sudan. In the second part of t... Lees meer

The Bantu of North Kavirondo

Gunter Wagner

• Hardcover | Engels | African Ethnographic Studies of the 20th Century
• Originally published in 1956, this second volume of the Bantu of North Kenya (Kavirondo) discusses the traditional Bantu economy, as well as 20th cent... Lees meer

Changing Social Structure in Ghana

Jack Goody

• Paperback | Engels | African Ethnographic Studies of the 20th Century
• Originally published in 1975, this book presents the results of research into social change in Ghana. The book looks in detail at the problems of part... Lees meer

The Ovimbundu Under Two Sovereignties

Adrian C Edwards

• Hardcover | Engels | African Ethnographic Studies of the 20th Century
• Originally published in 1962, this study discusses the changes in the life of the Ovimbundu from the time of their caravan trade in slaves, rubber, an... Lees meer

Adamawa Past and Present

A H M Kirk-Greene

• Paperback | Engels | African Ethnographic Studies of the 20th Century
• Originally published in 1958 this book presents a straight-forward and vivid picture of Adamawa Province in Nigeria. It discusses the varying fortunes... Lees meer

A Tribal Survey of Mongalla Province

• Paperback | Engels | African Ethnographic Studies of the 20th Century
• Originally published in 1937, this book describes and compares the tribes of the Mongalla Province in what is now South Sudan. In the second part of t... Lees meer

The Jakhanke

Lamin O Sanneh

• Paperback | Engels | African Ethnographic Studies of the 20th Century
• When originally published in 1979, this was the first comprehensive study of the Jakhanke in any language. Despite the 19th ambience of jihad , the Ja... Lees meer

The Development of Indigenous Trade and Markets in West Africa

• Paperback | Engels | African Ethnographic Studies of the 20th Century
• Originally published in 1971 and written in English and French, with summaries in both languages, the essays in this volume dsicuss the effects of int... Lees meer

A Black Byzantium

S F Nadel

• Hardcover | Engels | African Ethnographic Studies of the 20th Century
• Originally published in 1942 this now classic book is a study of the Nupe of Northern Nigeria. The economic and political complexity of their kingdom ... Lees meer

Economics in Primitive Communities

Richard Thurnwald

• Paperback | Engels | African Ethnographic Studies of the 20th Century
• Originally published in 1932, this book discusses aspects of economic life in Africa. Detailed consideration is given to food production, population i... Lees meer

African Agrarian Systems

• Paperback | Engels | African Ethnographic Studies of the 20th Century
• Originally published in 1963 this volume surveys various aspects of the complex relations between rights in land, social organization and economic int... Lees meer

Umbundu Kinship and Character

Gladwyn Murray Childs

• Paperback | Engels | African Ethnographic Studies of the 20th Century
• Originally published in 1949, this book discusses Umbundu social structure and education, with particular reference to how both of these adapted as An... Lees meer

Umbundu Kinship and Character

Gladwyn Murray Childs

• Hardcover | Engels | African Ethnographic Studies of the 20th Century
• Originally published in 1949, this book discusses Umbundu social structure and education, with particular reference to how both of these adapted as An... Lees meer

The Jakhanke

Lamin O Sanneh

• Hardcover | Engels | African Ethnographic Studies of the 20th Century
• When originally published in 1979, this was the first comprehensive study of the Jakhanke in any language. Despite the 19th ambience of jihad , the Ja... Lees meer

The Gurage

William A Shack

• Paperback | Engels | African Ethnographic Studies of the 20th Century
• Originally published in 1966 this study gives a detailed account of all aspects of Gurage life. An introductory chapter on South-West Ethiopia and the... Lees meer

A Manual of Nuer Law

P P Howell

• Hardcover | Engels | African Ethnographic Studies of the 20th Century
• Originally published in 1954 this book was originally designed for administrators but has become a key title for anthropologists. It includes a summar... Lees meer

The Konkomba of Northern Ghana

David Tait

• Hardcover | Engels | African Ethnographic Studies of the 20th Century
• Originally published in 1964 this book made available for the first time David Tait's writings on the Konkomba with whom he lived and worked for 5 yea... Lees meer