Igbo Village Affairs: Chiefly with Reference to the Village of Umbueke Agbaja (1947)
Author:   Margaret M. Green
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:  

9780415760683


Pages:   284
Publication Date:   30 May 2014
Format:   Paperback
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Igbo Village Affairs: Chiefly with Reference to the Village of Umbueke Agbaja (1947)


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First published in 1964. With an updated preface from 1963, to include the census of 1953-54 and Eastern Nigerian law update, this is an account of the people of Igbo with material collected over two periods of field work between 1934 and 1937 in South Eastern Nigeria.

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Author:   Margaret M. Green
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.370kg
ISBN:  

9780415760683


ISBN 10:   0415760682
Pages:   284
Publication Date:   30 May 2014
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Part 1 Village organisation: the village-goup; the structure of the village; the economic side of village life; village organisation and the supernatural sphere; the military and civil aspects of village organisation; the law in maintenance; the law in breach (I); the law in breach (II); law making; dual division. Part 2 Exogamy: the system of exogamy; the implications of exogamy. Part 3 Women's organisation: women's work; groups based on place of marriage; groups based on place of birth. Appendices: the temperament factor; temperament and social groups; temperament and Ibo society.

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Margaret M. Green, Sometime Reader in West African Languages and Cultures, School of Oriental Studies, University of London.

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