Peoples of the Lake Nyasa region / Mary Tew.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Douglas, Mary, 1921-2007., author.

Series:

Ethnographic survey of Africa. East Central Africa ; pt. 1.

Ethnographic Survey of Africa ; Volume 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethnology--Malawi.

Ethnology.

Nyasa, Lake.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (145 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2017.

Summary:

This volume, originally published in 1950, discusses the tribes around Lake Nyasa. The rationale for treating the tribes here as members of a single ethnographic province is that the region whose literature has been surveyed is vast, and the ethnic distinctions between its inhabitants have been confused by raids and migrations over centuries.

Contents:

I. Region of Mozambique

II. South-west Nyasa-Zambezia : Maravi Peoples (Nyanja, Cewa, Nsenga)

III. North-west Nyasa-Lundazi region : Tumbuka and Lake Shore Tonga

IV. North Nyasa region : Ngonde, Nyakyusa, Kinga

V. Ngoni peoples, scattered in small groups in areas occupied by the above.

Notes:

First published in 1950 for the International African Institute by the Oxford University Press.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed February 24, 2017).

ISBN:

1-315-38988-6

1-315-38986-X

1-315-38987-8

9781315389882

OCLC:

974660563