Premium Members Get 10% Off and Earn Rewards Find Out More
Valenge Women: Social and Economic Life of the Valenge Women of Portuguese East Africa
When first published in 1933, this monograph shed new light on the life of the Valenge women of Portuguese East Africa. It discusses their social organisations, family relationships, education, tribal customs, and contains detailed information concerning initiation rites, religion, magic and sorcery. The volume collects a large number of native texts, rituals and formulae, thereby converting oral tradition into material of great value not only to students of Africcan ethnography but also to anthropologists more widely.

1127914723
Valenge Women: Social and Economic Life of the Valenge Women of Portuguese East Africa
When first published in 1933, this monograph shed new light on the life of the Valenge women of Portuguese East Africa. It discusses their social organisations, family relationships, education, tribal customs, and contains detailed information concerning initiation rites, religion, magic and sorcery. The volume collects a large number of native texts, rituals and formulae, thereby converting oral tradition into material of great value not only to students of Africcan ethnography but also to anthropologists more widely.

160.0 In Stock
Valenge Women: Social and Economic Life of the Valenge Women of Portuguese East Africa

Valenge Women: Social and Economic Life of the Valenge Women of Portuguese East Africa

by E. Dora Earthy
Valenge Women: Social and Economic Life of the Valenge Women of Portuguese East Africa
Add to Wishlist
Valenge Women: Social and Economic Life of the Valenge Women of Portuguese East Africa

Valenge Women: Social and Economic Life of the Valenge Women of Portuguese East Africa

by E. Dora Earthy

Overview

When first published in 1933, this monograph shed new light on the life of the Valenge women of Portuguese East Africa. It discusses their social organisations, family relationships, education, tribal customs, and contains detailed information concerning initiation rites, religion, magic and sorcery. The volume collects a large number of native texts, rituals and formulae, thereby converting oral tradition into material of great value not only to students of Africcan ethnography but also to anthropologists more widely.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781138594975
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 08/22/2018
Series: African Ethnographic Studies of the 20th Century
Edition description: Reissue
Pages: 306
Product dimensions: 6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

1. Origin and History 2. Social Organization and Kinship System 3. Valenge Women: Their Homesteads 4. The Agricultural Year 5. Material Culture 6. Birth Rites 7. Early Education 8. Games 9. String Figures 10. Tatuing, Scarification and Tribal Marks 11. Puberty, Initiation 12. Marriage, Relation Between the Sexes 13. Death 14. Dances 15. Religion, Magic and Sorcery 16. Folklore and Proverbs. Conclusion. Appendix: The Sibs of Gazaland

From the B&N Reads Blog
Page 1 of

Customer Reviews