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Shorter, Aylward

Chiefship in Western Tanzania; A Political History of the Kimbu

1972

74.26 €

Horizon Books

(Toronto, Canada)

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Year of publication
1972
Place of printing
Oxford. Clarendon Press
Author
Shorter, Aylward
Edition
First edition.
Keyword
Travel - Africa Anthropology
Languages
English
First edition
Yes

Description

8vo [22 x 14 cm]; xxvi, 439 pp, frontis and plates from photos, maps, charts, diagrams, tables, appendix, bibliog, index. original cloth, gilt spine title lettering, dj (spine lightly faded, not price clipped), clean, fine and unmarked. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. A detailed work which relates to why chiefdoms proliferate in Africa, the author studies the Kimbu people, their politics, clans, chiefly regalia, etc and shows how conflicts and attitudes deriving from traditional political structure underlie colonial and post-independence administration.