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Kinship and lineage among the Yorubaarticle 1955 • Schwab, William B.
Yoruba • Africa > Western Africa
This article presents a detailed analytical description of the organization of the traditional kinship system on the Oyo Yoruba community of Oshogbo, a town of over 70,000 persons at the time of the research. This work might be considered as a supple...The terminology of kinship and marriage among the Yorubaarticle 1958 • Schwab, William B.
Yoruba • Africa > Western Africa
This work is an extension of the author's previous writing on kinship among the Yoruba (see 8: Schwab, this file) and is a detailed discussion of the terms and relationships among those persons whose kinship status has been affected by a marriage. Th...