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Ila property relations and political processesessay 1968 • Tuden, Arthur
Ila • Africa > Southern Africa
This essay is an examination of the relationships between cattle ownership and political processes among the Ila. Unlike societies with a dominant cash economy and marked differences in access to productive capacities, the Ila rely on cattle as mediu...Ila slaveryarticle 1958 • Tuden, Arthur
Ila • Africa > Southern Africa
This document contains an analysis of the function and structure of slavery within Ila culture and society. Slavery in the world-wide literature is broadly characterized as a superordinate-subordinate role relationship between owner and slave, based ...