The Sonjo of Tanganyika

An Anthropological Study of an Irrigation-based Society

Robert F. Gray (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

208 Seiten

2020
Routledge (Verlag)
9781138589650 (ISBN)

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Originally published in 1963, this was the first monograph concerning an African people in which an irrigation-based society was studied in detail and its implications explored. The Sonjo, a Bantu-speaking people isolated among cattle pastoralists of what was Northern Tanganyika, are remarkable for their complex irrigation system and political organization. The inter-connections between the irrigation system, the religious cult of a culture hero, and the special features of their social organization are at the core of this analysis.

Robert F. Gray

1. Introduction 2. Geographical Setting of Villages 3. Economic Basis of Society 4. The Irrigation System 5. Family and Marriage 6. Age-Grades 7. Religion 8. Political Constitution 9. Conclusion

Erscheinungsdatum	04.05.2020
Reihe/Serie	African Ethnographic Studies of the 20th Century
Zusatzinfo	8 Halftones, black and white
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	317 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-13	9781138589650 / 9781138589650
Zustand	Neuware