The southern Lunda and related peoples : (Northern Rhodesia, Belgian Congo, Angola) / / Merran McCulloch

• Autore: McCulloch Merran
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2017
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (123 pages)
• Disciplina: 967.3042
• Soggetto topico: Ethnology - Angola; Ethnology - Democratic Republic of the Congo; Ethnology - Zambia
• Note generali: First published in 1951 by the International African Institute.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Physical environment -- Southern Lunda and Ndembu -- Chokwe and Minungu -- Luena, Luchazi, Luimbe and Mbunda -- Religious and magical belief and ritual -- The life cycle -- The Nkoya-Mbwela peoples.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 Environment Linguistic Data Demography History & Traditions of Origin Nomenclature Grouping Cultural Features: Religion, Witchcraft, Birth, Initiation, Burial Social & Political Organization: Kinship, Marriage, Inheritance, Slavery, Land Tenure, Warfare & Justice Economy & Trade Domestic Architecture Each of the 50 volumes will be available to buy individually, and these are organized into regional sub-groups: East Central Africa, North-Eastern Africa, Southern Africa, West Central Africa, Western Africa, and Central Africa Belgian Congo. The volumes are supplemented with maps, available to view on routledge.com or available as a pdf from the publishers.
• Titolo autorizzato: The southern Lunda and related peoples
• ISBN: 1-315-30519-4; 1-315-30518-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910164021503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Ethnographic survey of Africa. . -West Central Africa ; ; Volume 27.