THE LIFE OF A SOUTH AFRICAN TRIBE
New Hyde Park, NY: University, (1966). Second printing. Two volumes: I, Social life; II, Mental life. 8vo, pp. 559, 660. Includes index and glossary. Illustrated with photographs. A little faded on spines, o/w a nice tight set in scuffed and little worn box. . [Schapera, Select Bibliography of South African Native Life and Problems, Ethnology 683, p. 106]. “Deservedly ranked as one of the greatest monographs on the ethnography of Africa. ... gives a wellnigh exhaustive account of Tonga culture, distinguished especially by its many concrete illustrations of individual variation and of the changes due to the impact of Western civilization. ... a magnificent piece of work.”. Item #34164
A study of the Thonga tribes.
Price: $48.00