The Bantu-speaking tribes of South Africa : an ethnographical survey / edited for the (South African) Inter-University Committee for African Studies by I. Schapera ; contributors: Raymond A. Dart [and others]

Schapera, Isaac (1905-2003)

1966, 8th Impression. London : Routledge and K. Paul. Library copy with some marks. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Item #479945

Physical description: 453 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. Contents: Racial origins, by R.A. Dart. -- Habitat, by A.J.H. Goodwin. -- Grouping and ethnic history, by N.J. van Warmelo. -- Social organization, by A. Winifred Hoernlé. -- Individual development, by Eileen J. Krige. -- Domestic and communal life, by G.P. Lestrade. -- Work and wealth, by I. Schapera and A.J.H. Goodwin. -- Political institutions, by I. Schapera. -- Law and justice, by I. Schapera. -- Magic and medicine, by A. Winifred Hoernlé. -- Religious beliefs and practices, by W.M. Eiselen and I. Schapera. -- The musical practices of the native races of South Africa, by P.R. Kirby. -- Traditional literature, by G.P. Lestrade. -- Language, by C.M. Doke. -- The imposition and nature of European control, by J.S. Marais. -- Cultural changes in tribal life, by I. Schapera. -- The Bantu on European-owned farms, by Monica Hunter. -- The native in the towns, by Ellen P. Hellmann. -- Index of tribal names. Subjects: Bantu African People. Ethnology South Africa. Indigenous peoples South Africa.

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