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Author Stayt, Hugh Arthur, author

Title The Bavenda / Hugh A. Stayt
Published Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2018

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Description 1 online resource
Series African ethnographic studies of the 20th century ; volume 62
African ethnographic studies of the 20th century ; v. 62.
Contents 1. Geography -- 2. History -- 3. Physical and Psychical Characteristics, Clothing and Decoration -- 4. The Village, Agriculture and Domestic Animals 5. Food and Narcotics -- 6. Industries -- 7. War, Trading, Travelling and Hunting 8. Birth and Infancy -- 9. Child Life 10. Puberty and Initiation -- 11. Marriage -- 12. Family Life and Etiquette -- 13. Mortuary Rites -- 14. Property, Succession and Inheritance 15. Relationship Terminology and Kinship System 16. Social Groupings 17. The Chief -- 18. Territorial Divisions, Government, Revenue and Taxation, Law and Justice -- 19. Conceptions of the Universe -- 20. Religion -- 21. Medicine and Magic -- 22. Rain-Making and Fertility of Crops -- 23. Music, Dancing and Song -- 24. Folklore -- 25. Miscellaneous Beliefs and Superstitions
Notes Originally published in 1931 by Oxford University Press for the International African Institute
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed August 23, 2018)
Subject Venda (African people)
Ethnology -- South Africa.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
Ethnology
Venda (African people)
South Africa
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780429486371
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9780429942785
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