Book
Essays on Lozi land and royal property
Rhodes-Livingstone Institute • Livingstone, Northern Rhodesia • Published In 1943 • Pages: 99
By: Gluckman, Max.
Abstract
These two essays set out to, first, challenge the concept of communal-owned property in view of evidence from Barotseland (now Zambia) and elsewhere in southern Bantu groups and, second, deal with specific prerogatives of the king regarding tribute and 'kingly goods.' The author outlines the pattern of distribution of Barotse property to all homesteads, the king's protection of subjects' right to a piece of land, and the forms of tribute and gifts from commoners to royalty. Gluckman is concerned especially with the theoretical question of primitive communism as it appears in the light of individual property rights.
- HRAF PubDate
- 1995
- Region
- Africa
- Sub Region
- Southern Africa
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Adolph Hoehling ; Sigrid Khera
- Field Date
- 1940, 1942
- Coverage Date
- not specified
- Coverage Place
- Zambia
- Notes
- Max Gluckman
- Bibliography: p. 97
- LCSH
- Lozi (African people)