African Systems of Kinship and Marriage

London and New York: KPI in association with the International African Institute, 1987. 398 pages, [10] leaves of plates (1 folded), illustrations; 22 cm. Tight, clean copy. "First published in 1950, this book provides a survey of aspects of kinship and marriage as found in African social life. Features include detailed studies of particular social systems, and identification of the essential characteristics of one or more varieties of African patterns of kinship." - Publisher. CONTENTS: Kinship among the Swazi, by Hilda Kuper; Nyakyusa kinship, by Monica Wilson; Kinship and marriage among the Lozi of northern Rhodesia and the Zulu of Natal, by Max Gluckman; Kinship and marriage among the Tswana, by I. Schapera; Some types of family structure amongst the central Bantu, by A. I. Richards; Kinship and marriage among the Ashanti, by M. Fortes; Double descent among the Yako, by Daryll Forde; Dual descent in the Nuba hills, by S. F. Nadel; Kinship and the local community among the Nuer, by E. E. Evans-Prichard.. Paperback. Fine. 8vo.