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  • Yakö Studies

    by Daryll Forde ...
    Series series African Ethnographic Studies of the 20th Century
    Originally published in 1964 this volume collects together 25 years' worth of journal articles from the UK and USA. It brings together detailed descriptions and analyses of various aspects of the Yakö peoples of the Cross River area of Eastern Nigeria and includes sections on social organization, economy and religion. ... Read more

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  • The Yoruba-Speaking Peoples of South-Western Nigeria

    Western Africa Part IV

    by Daryll Forde ...
    Series Book 4 - Ethnographic Survey of Africa
    Routledge is proud to be re-issuing this landmark series in association with the International African Institute. The series, published between 1950 and 1977, brings together a wealth of previously un-co-ordinated material on the ethnic groupings and social conditions of African peoples.Concise, critical and (for its time) accurate, the Ethnographic Survey contains sections as follows:Physical ... Read more

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  • Habitat, Economy and Society

    A Geographical Introduction to Ethnology

    An introduction to the ethnography and human geography of non-European peoples, this book deals with the economic and social life of a number of groups at diverse levels of cultural achievement and in different regions of the world. International in its scope the book covers: Malaysia, Africa, North America, Canada, Siberia, the Amazon, Eastern Solomon Islands, India, Central Asia and the Middle ... Read more

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  • Peoples of the Niger-Benue Confluence (The Nupe. The Igbira. The Igala. The Idioma-speaking Peoples)

    Western Africa Part X

    Series Book 10 - Ethnographic Survey of Africa
    Routledge is proud to be re-issuing this landmark series in association with the International African Institute. The series, published between 1950 and 1977, brings together a wealth of previously un-co-ordinated material on the ethnic groupings and social conditions of African peoples.Concise, critical and (for its time) accurate, the Ethnographic Survey contains sections as follows:Physical ... Read more

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  • The Ibo and Ibibio-Speaking Peoples of South-Eastern Nigeria

    Western Africa Part III

    Series Book 3 - Ethnographic Survey of Africa
    Routledge is proud to be re-issuing this landmark series in association with the International African Institute. The series, published between 1950 and 1977, brings together a wealth of previously un-co-ordinated material on the ethnic groupings and social conditions of African peoples.Concise, critical and (for its time) accurate, the Ethnographic Survey contains sections as follows:Physical ... Read more

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  • African Systems of Kinship and Marriage

    Series series Routledge Revivals
    First published in 1950 and this edition in 1987, this book is one of the most wide-ranging and respected surveys on kinship and marriage in African social life. In his introduction, Radcliff-Brown provides a masterly analysis of the main features of African kinship systems and the theoretical problems arising from the study of them. The contributions range from examinations of kinship systems ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • Marriage and Family Among the Yakö in South-Eastern Nigeria

    Edited by Daryll Forde ...
    Series series African Ethnographic Studies of the 20th Century
    Originally published in 1951 this book analyses the social values and institutions involved in the establishment and maintenance of marital relationships. Most of the data is derived from Umor, the largest of the five Yakö villages. As well as considering the conventions through which mariatal values are expressed, the relation of marital status to the general structure of Yakö society is also ... Read more

    $48.99 USD

  • Efik Traders of Old Calabar

    Containing the Diary of Antera Duke together with an Ethnographic Sketch and Notes and an Essay on the Political Organization of Old Calabar

    Edited by Daryll Forde ...
    Series series African Ethnographic Studies of the 20th Century
    Originally published in 1956 this book contains extracts of the 18th century diary of an Efik chief and documents the activities of slave-traders, the rituals of the Egbo society and many details of domestic life of among the Efik. This volume includes an English translation to the diary which was originally written in Pidgin. . ... Read more

    $48.99 USD

  • West African Kingdoms in the Nineteenth Century

    Edited by Daryll Forde, P. M. Kaberry ...
    Series series African Ethnographic Studies of the 20th Century
    Originally published in 1967 this volume presents studies of 10 West African kingdoms which have played an important part in the economic, political and cultural life of the region. Ranging geographically from the kingdom of Benin in southern Nigeria to the Wolof kingdom of Kayor in Senegal, they inlcude the Oyo Yoruba, Dahomey, Hausa, Maradi, Kom in West Cameroon, the Mossi, Ashanti and Gonja and ... Read more

    $52.99 USD

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    Western Africa Part VIII

    Series Book 8 - Ethnographic Survey of Africa
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  • Mende Of Sierra Leone Ils 65

    Series series International Library of Sociology
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