Africa and change
By: [by] Colin M. Turnbull.
Edition: [1st ed.]
Publisher: Knopf; [distributed by Random House
Published: 1973
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 525
Subjects: Ethnology -- Africa.; Africa -- Social conditions.; Africa -- Politics and government -- 1960- .
Table of contents: title: Economy, morality, and anthropology: Hughes, A. J. B. Some Swazi views on land tenure. Cohen, A. The social organization of credit in a West African cattle market. Ottenberg, S. Improvement associations among the Ibo.; title: Family, cultural relativism, and self-criticism: Jahoda, G. Love, marriage, and social change: letters to the advice column of a West African newspaper. Chaplin, J. H. Wiving and thriving in Northern Rhodesia. Little, K. and Price, A. Some trends in modern marriage among West Africans. Parkin, D. J. Types of urban African marriage in Kampala.; title: Politics, values, and comparison: Little, K. The political function of the Poro. Lloyd, P. C. Sacred kingship and government among the Yoruba. Lewis, I. M. Modern political movements in Somaliland.; title: Belief and judgment: Beidelman, T. O. Swazi royal ritual. Needham, R. The left hand of the Mugwe: an analytical note on the structure of Meru symbolism. Shack, W. A. The Mäsqal-Pole: religious conflict and social change in Gurageland. Horton, R. African traditional thought and Western science.; title: Bibliography (p. 520-525)