Peoples of the Niger-Benue Confluence (The Nupe. The Igbira. The Igala. The Idioma-speaking Peoples) : Western Africa Part X

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Routledge is proud to be re-issuing this landmark series in association with the International African Institute. The series, published between 1950 and 1977, brings together a wealth of previously un-co-ordinated material on the ethnic groupings and social conditions of African peoples.Concise, critical and (for its time) accurate, the Ethnographic Survey contains sections as follows: Physical EnvironmentLinguistic DataDemographyHistory & Traditions of OriginNomenclatureGroupingCultural Features: Religion, Witchcraft, Birth, Initiation, BurialSocial & Political Organization: Kinship, Marriage, Inheritance, Slavery, Land Tenure, Warfare & JusticeEconomy & TradeDomestic ArchitectureEach of the 50 volumes will be available to buy individually, and these are organized into regional sub-groups: East Central Africa, North-Eastern Africa, Southern Africa, West Central Africa, Western Africa, and Central Africa Belgian Congo. The volumes are supplemented with maps, available to view on routledge.com or available as a pdf from the publishers.