African worlds : studies in the cosmological ideas and social values of African peoples /
Contributor(s): Forde, Cyril Daryll
| James, Wendy | International African Institute.
Series: Classics in African anthropology.Publisher: Hamburg : Oxford : LIT Verlag ; James Currey ; International African Institute, 1999Edition: 2nd ed.Description: xxx, xvii, 243 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0852552866; 9780852552865 :; 0852552815; 3825830861 (pbk., Germany); 3825835677 (cased, Germany).Subject(s): Ethnology -- Africa | Africans | Africans -- Social life and customs | Africans -- Social conditions | Cosmology, African | Rites and ceremonies -- AfricaDDC classification: 305.896 Summary: This series of "Classics in African Anthropology" is primarily drawn from a distinct family of texts which dominated the academic analysis of society in mid-20th century Africa. The texts are significant yet often neglected, but have stood the test of time, according to the editors.
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First published by Oxford University Press for the International African Institute in 1954.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This series of "Classics in African Anthropology" is primarily drawn from a distinct family of texts which dominated the academic analysis of society in mid-20th century Africa. The texts are significant yet often neglected, but have stood the test of time, according to the editors.