ISBN:
9781315295794
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (106 pages)
Parallel Title:
Print version Bohannan, Laura The Tiv of Central Nigeria : Western Africa Part VIII
DDC:
305.896364
Abstract:
Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Original Title -- Original Copyright -- FOREWORD -- CONTENTS -- FIGURES -- Nomenclature and Demography -- Nomenclature -- Location and physical environment -- Population and distribution -- Enclaved groups -- Language -- History and Traditions of Origin -- Traditions of origin -- European exploration and penetration -- Social Organization and Political Structure -- The compound -- Lineage and territorial organization -- Moral and social functions of the lineage system -- Treaties (ikul) -- Leadership -- British administration -- Law -- Slavery -- Pawning -- Age-sets -- Associations -- Main Features of Economy -- Migrant labour -- Land tenure -- Labour groups -- Crops and the use of land -- Trade and markets -- Migration and Expansion -- Kinship -- Terms of consanguinity -- Terms of affinity -- Birth, Names, and Circumcision -- Cicatrization, Dress, and Adornment -- Marriage -- Marriage before 1927 -- Present-day marriage forms -- Other forms of marriage -- Divorce and Widow Inheritance -- Death and Burial -- Religion -- Jijingi -- Tsav -- Akombo -- The Great Akombo -- The Mbatsav -- Swem and Sasswood -- Bibliography -- Index
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