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Author Banton, Michael, 1926-2018, author

Title West African city : a study of tribal life in Freetown / Michael Banton
Published Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2018

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Description 1 online resource
Series African ethnographic studies of the 20th century ; volume 5
African ethnographic studies of the 20th century ; v. 5.
Contents Cover page; Halftitle page; Title page; Copyright page; Title page; Copyright page; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; TABLES; ILLUSTRATIONS; PREFACE; PART ONE THE GROWTH OF FREETOWN; CHAPTER 1 TRIBAL SETTLEMENT IN A CREOLE CITY; CHAPTER II PROBLEMS OF ADMINISTRATION; PART TWO INTERNAL MIGRATION; CHAPTER III THE BACKGROUND TO RURAL EMIGRATION; CHAPTER IV MIGRATION AND EMPLOYMENT; PART THREE URBAN STRUCTURE AND TRIBAL INSTITUTIONS; CHAPTER V FREETOWN'S POPULATION; CHAPTER VI ETHNIC GROUPS AND THEIR RELATIONS; CHAPTER VII TRIBAL GROUPS AND RELIGIOUS ALIGNMENTS; CHAPTER VIII TRIBAL HEADMEN
CHAPTER IX YOUNG MEN'S COMPANIES AMONG THE TEMNECHAPTER X OTHER VOLUNTARY ASSOCIATIONS; CHAPTER XI THE HOUSEHOLD; CHAPTER XII SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS; APPENDIX I; Rules made for the Regulation of Alimamies of Alien Tribes Resident in Freetown; APPENDIX II Texts of Selected Temne Company Songs; INDEX; Maps
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed August 22, 2018)
Subject Tribes -- Sierra Leone -- Freetown
TRAVEL -- Africa -- General.
Manners and customs
Tribes
SUBJECT Freetown (Sierra Leone) -- Social life and customs
Subject Sierra Leone -- Freetown
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