April 12, 2024
AFRICA African Tribe Witchcraft Big Game Hunting 2vRARE
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VERY RARE, ORIGINAL 1962, TWO VOLUME BOXED PRINTING OF “THE LIFE OF A SOUTH AFRICAN TRIBE” BY HENRI JUNOD. This coveted work was published in fine care by University Books, 1962. Volume I is titled The Social Life and Volume II is titled Mental Life. Deservedly ranked as one of the greatest monographs on the ethnography of Africa . Under the headings "life of the individual; family and village life; national life; agricultural and industrial life; literary and artistic life; religious life and superstitions" it gives an exhaustive account of Thonga culture, distinguished especially by its many concrete illustrations of individual variation and of the changes due to the impact of Western civilization. These books are a magnificent piece of work. Volume I contains 559 pages and Volume II contains 660 pages. AMONG CONTENT INCLUDED WITHIN: Volume I: Social Life: The Thonga Tribe, Man from Birth to Death, Woman from Birth to Death, Relationships, Family Life, Marriage Rules, Group Marriage, Polygamy, The Chopu, Tonga, Ndjao, The Kaha-Pedi, Vendi Tribes (etc), Prehistoric Period, The Diet of the Nursing Period, Games of Boys, Age of Puberty, Circumcision Rites, The Chameleon Procession, Love Charms, Games of Adults, Organization of a Clan, National Life, Totemism, Coronation of the Chief, Taxation, Court and Tribunal, The Army, War Rites,
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