The Forest of Symbols
Subtitle: Aspects of Ndembu Ritual
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: June 1970
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 417
ISBN-13: 9780801491016
Subjects: Anthropology; Ethnic or tribal religions; Indigenous peoples; Religious rites & ceremonies; General; Sociology; Ndembu (African people)
First sentence: AMONG the Ndembu of Zambia (formerly Northern Rhodesia), the importance of ritual in the lives of the villagers in 1952 was striking.