African worlds : studies in cosmological ideas and social values of African peoples
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African worlds : studies in cosmological ideas and social values of African peoples
（Classics in African anthropology）
James Currey , Lit, 1999
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Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, Kyoto Universityアフリカ専攻
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Repr. with new introduction. - Originally published: Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1954
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
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: pbk ISBN 9780852552810
Description
New introduction by Wendy R. James
This series of Classics in African Anthropology is primarily drawn from a distinct family of texts which dominated the academic analysis of society in mid-20th century Africa. The texts are significant yet often neglected, but have stood the test of time, according to the editors.
Originally published in 1954. New edition published in association with the International African Institute
North America: Transaction Books; Germany: LitVerlag
Table of Contents
- Introduction, Daryll Forde
- the L'ele of Kasai, Mary Douglas
- the Abaluyia of Kavirondo (Kenya), Gunter Wagner
- the Lovedu of the Transvaal, J.D. & E.J. Krige
- the Dogon of the French Sudan, Marcel Griaule & Germaine Dieterlen
- the Mende in Sierra Leone, Kenneth Little
- the Shilluk of the Upper Nile, Godfrey Lienhardt
- the kingdom of Rwanda, J.J. Maquet
- the Ashanti of the Gold Coast. K.A. Busia
- the Fon of Dahomey, P. Mercier.
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: ISBN 9780852552865
Description
This series of Classics in African Anthropology is primarily drawn from a distinct family of texts which dominated the academic analysis of society in mid-20th century Africa. The texts reproduced are significant yet often neglected, and have stood the test of time.
North America: Transaction Books; Germany: Lit Verlag
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