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1 online resource (134 pages) |
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Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Original Title; FOREWORD; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; CONTENTS; GENERAL INTRODUCTION; THE SHONA; Tribal and Sub-tribal Grouping; Nomenclature; Tribal marks and appearance; Location of tribes: ethnic distribution; linguistic distribution; neighbouring tribes; Language; Literature and music; Physical Environment; Demography; History; Social Organization; Kinship; Age and sex; Marriage; prohibited and preferential marriage; inheritance of widows; divorce; Inheritance and succession; Main Features of Economy; Land tenure; Soil cultivation; Animal husbandry; Hunting |
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FishingBuilding; Specialization and trade; Ownership of property; Political Organization; Local organization; Legal system; Position of the chiefs; Religion, Ritual and Magic; The High God; Tribal gods; Ancestral spirits; Rain-making; Medicine men and diviners; Other spirts; Appendix-Shona dialectal population; Witchcraft and sorcery; Ritual murders; Totemism; Death and burial rites; Christianity; Bibliography; THE NDEBELE; Introduction; Tribal and Sub-tribal Grouping; Nomenclature; Location; Tribal Mixture; Demography; Language; History; Physical Environment; Main Features of Economy |
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Agricultural and animal husbandryDivision of labour; Crafts; Music, dances, games; Trade; Social Organization and Political System; The kingdom; Provinces and regiments; Modern political system; The caste system; Modern settlement pattern; Wider territorial groupings: interrelations between homesteads; Kinship; Law; Land tenure; Cattle; Inheritance; Slavery; Position of women; Main Cultural Features; Physical characteristics; Dress; Birth and youth; Marriage; choice of a spouse; contracting a marriage; dissolution of marriage; Death and burial; Religious Beliefs and Ritual; Ancestor spirits |
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The High GodThe Umlimo observance; Dreams; Witchcraft, diviners and doctors; Other Rituals; Bibliography; Appendix A-Alternative spellings of Ndebele names and terms; Appendix B-List of Kinship terms (Ndebele); Appendix C-Statistics (Shona and Ndebele); Appendix D-Numbers of Rhodesian Ndebele; INDEX |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Shona (African people) -- History.
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Ndebele (African people) -- History.
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Shona (African people) -- Ethnic identity
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Ndebele (African people) -- Ethnic identity
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Shona (African people) -- Social life and customs
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Ndebele (African people) -- Social life and customs
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
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Ndebele (African people)
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Ndebele (African people) -- Social life and customs
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Shona (African people)
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Shona (African people) -- Social life and customs
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Hughes, A. J. B
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Van Velsen, J
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| ISBN |
9781315306452 |
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131530645X |
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9781315306469 |
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1315306468 |
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