Routledge is proud to be re-issuing this landmark series in association with the International African Institute. The series, published between 1950 and 1977, brings together a wealth of previously un-co-ordinated material on the ethnic groupings and social conditions of African peoples.Concise, critical and (for its time) accurate, the Ethnographic Survey contains sections as follows: Physical Environment Linguistic Data Demography History & Traditions of Origin Nomenclature Grouping Cultural Features: Religion, Witchcraft, Birth, Initiation, Burial Social & Political Organization: Kinship, Marriage, Inheritance, Slavery, Land Tenure, Warfare & Justice Economy & Trade Domestic ArchitectureEach of the 50 volumes will be available to buy individually, and these are organized into regional sub-groups: East Central Africa, North-Eastern Africa, Southern Africa, West Central Africa, Western Africa, and Central Africa Belgian Congo. The volumes are supplemented with maps, available to view on routledge.com or available as a pdf from the publishers.
Format: Paperback / softback
CONTRIBUTORS: R. G. Abrahams
EAN: 9781138233508
COUNTRY: United Kingdom
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WEIGHT: 453 g
HEIGHT: 234 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Taylor & Francis Ltd
DATE PUBLISHED: 2019-01-08
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GENRE: SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / African Studies
WIDTH: 156 cm
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Book Themes:
Tanzania, Regional / International studies, Indigenous peoples, Anthropology, Social and cultural anthropology
