The Ovimbundu Under Two Sovereignties: A Study of Social Control and Social Change Among a People of Angola

by Adrian C. Edwards

Overview

Originally published in 1962, this study discusses the changes in the life of the Ovimbundu from the time of their caravan trade in slaves, rubber, and ivory down to the more recent period when the organization of their chiefdoms was influenced by the Catholic missions, Portuguese administration and wage labour.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781138590076
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	04/29/2020
Series:	African Ethnographic Studies of the 20th Century
Pages:	190
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

1. The Old Society 2. The Contemporary Social Environment 3. Chiefs and Headmen in Gumba 4. The Internal Structure of Villages 5. Village Economics 6. The Catechetical School 7. Kinship 8. Marriage 9. Social Control