African systems of kinship and marriage / edited by A. R. Radcliffe-Brown and Daryll Forde.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Radcliffe-Brown, A. R. (Alfred Reginald), 1881-1955, editor.

Contributor:

Forde, Daryll, 1902-1973, editor.

Joanna Banks Collection of African American Books (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kinship--Africa.

Kinship.

Marriage customs and rites--Africa.

Marriage customs and rites.

Africa--Social life and customs.

Africa.

Manners and customs.

Penn Provenance:

Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)

Physical Description:

viii pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 399 pages, 1 unnumbered page : illustrations, maps, genealogical tables (some folding) ; 23 cm

Distribution:

London, Published by Oxford University Press.

Place of Publication:

London, International African Institute, 1950.

Contents:

Introduction /by A. R. Radcliffe-Brown

Kinship among the Swazi / by Hilda Kuper

Nyakyusa Kinship / by Monica Wilson

Kinship and Marriage among the Tswana / by I. Schapera

Kinship and Marriage among the Lozi of Northern Rhodesia and the Zulu of Natal / by Max Gluckman

Some Types of Family Structure amongst the Central Bantu / by A. I. Richards

Kinship and Marriage among the Ashanti / by M. Fortes

Double Descent among the Yakö / by Daryll Forde

Dual Descent in the Nuba Hills / by S. F. Nadel

Kinship and the Local Community among the Nuer / by E. E. Evans-Pritchard.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical footnotes and index.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.

Banks Collection copy is "Tenth Impression 1970".

Banks Collection copy has underlines, marginal marks and ms. annotations

ISBN:

0197241476 :

OCLC:

424659