Book
Zulu transformations: a study of the dynamics of social change
University of Natal Press • Pietermaritzburg • Published In 1962 • Pages:
By: Vilakazi, Absolom.
Abstract
This study of the Nyuswa Reserve Zulu is based on fieldwork done in the mid-1950s by a Zulu anthropologist. It is the author's contention that '…Christianity and education which always went together have … been the most conspicuous factors of [culture] change' (p. 136). This theme recurs throughout the source as the author compares and contrasts Christians with those he call 'Traditionalists' or 'pagans.' The main topics covered in this study of social change are kinship and marriage, social organization, status and prestige, religious practices, and education.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2005
- Region
- Africa
- Sub Region
- Southern Africa
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Types
- Ethnographer
- Indigenous Person
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Eleanor C. Swanson ; Martin Malone ; 1979
- Field Date
- ca. 1956-1957
- Coverage Date
- ca.1688-1957
- Coverage Place
- Nyuswa Reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
- Notes
- Absolom Vilakazi
- Information on 'neighborhoods' and the headmen of neighborhoods within the reserve have been indexed for Districts (634)
- 'Originally presented as a PH. D. thesis to the University of Natal.'
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 163-165)
- LCCN
- 63036287
- LCSH
- Zulu (African people)