Book
Good company: a study of Nyakyusa age-villages
Oxford University Press for the International African Institute • London • Published In 1951 • Pages:
By: Wilson, Monica Hunter.
Abstract
This source deals with the structure, economy and values of Nyakyusa society. For the purposes of the Ngonde file, the Nyakyusa are considered to be part of the Ngonde nation. The monograph includes discussions of the environment, village structure, mystical interdependence among members of the age-village, the maintenance of order, and characteristics of an age-village organization. Effects of European contact, particularly missionary activities which have succeeded in the conversion of a good number of Nyakysa to Christianity, are dealt with. A large part of the book consists of documents relating to the villages, in almost all of which witchcraft and sorcery figure prominently. Dr. Wilson is currently at the School of African Studies at the University of Capetown.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2010
- Region
- Africa
- Sub Region
- Eastern Africa
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Social Anthropologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Timothy J. O'Leary ; 1957 ; Teferi Abate Adem; 2010
- Field Date
- 1934-1938
- Coverage Date
- 1890-1951
- Coverage Place
- Nyakyusa, Tanzania
- Notes
- Monica Wilson
- Includes bibliograpahical references (p. 275-276)
- LCCN
- 51014867
- LCSH
- Ngonde (African people)/Nyakyusa (African people)
- Primitive societies