Inheritance

Gender Status

Secondary Marriages

Polygamy

Population

Speech

Linguistic Identification

Writing

Bibliographies in Sources

Material Not Relevant

Settlement Patterns

Kin Relationships

Lineages

Clans

Basis of Marriage

Regulation of Marriage

Mode of Marriage

Arranging a Marriage

Household

Family Relationships

Extended Families

Missions

Burial Practices and Funerals

Reviews and Critiques

Friendships

Prayers and Sacrifices

Organized Ceremonial

Puberty and Initiation

Cult of the Dead

Social Control

Informal in-Group Justice

Judicial Authority

Production and Supply

Music

Dance

Accumulation of Wealth

Slavery

Social Relationships and Groups

Community Structure

Ingroup Antagonisms

Community Heads

Inter-Community Relations

Multi-Ethnic Community Relations

Division of Labor by Gender

Labor Supply and Employment

Identification

Territorial Hierarchy

Form and Rules of Government

Cultural Identity and Pride

Hunting and Trapping

Fishing

Domesticated Animals

Pastoral Activities

Tillage

Cereal Agriculture

Vegetable Production

Diet

Community Councils

Military Organization

Location

Kinship Terminology

Cousins

Theory of Disease

Spirits and Gods

History

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External Relations

Bone, Horn, and Shell Technology

Smiths and Their Crafts

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Sex and Marital Offenses

Extramarital Sex Relations

Real Property

Architecture

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Techniques of Socialization

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Property in Movables

Recreational and Non-Therapeutic Drugs

Tobacco Industry

Culture Summary: Ila

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ORIENTATION

HISTORY AND CULTURAL RELATIONS

SETTLEMENTS

ECONOMY

KINSHIP

MARRIAGE AND FAMILY

SOCIOPOLITICAL ORGANIZATION

RELIGION AND EXPRESSIVE CULTURE

CREDITS

IDENTIFICATION AND LOCATION

DEMOGRAPHY

LINGUISTIC AFFILIATION

SUBSISTENCE

COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES

INDUSTRIAL ARTS

DIVISION OF LABOR

LAND TENURE

KIN GROUPS AND DESCENT

KINSHIP TERMINOLOGY

MARRIAGE

DOMESTIC UNIT

INHERITANCE

SOCIALIZATION

SOCIAL ORGANIZATION

POLITICAL ORGANIZATION

SOCIAL CONTROL

CONFLICT

RELIGIOUS BELIEFS

RELIGIOUS PRACTITIONERS

CEREMONIES

ARTS

MEDICINE

DEATH AND AFTERLIFE

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The Ila are a Bantu-speaking people living along the Kafue River in southwestern Zambia. They were primarily cattle herders, but also practiced farming near the river, supplemented by fishing, hunting, and gathering. Traditional Ila society was organized into villages administered by a headman and an informal council of elders.  A group of villages formed a territorially defined community loosely governed by a chief, with the village headmen forming a council. Communities formed according to local groupings of matrilineages; matrilineal clans were larger, cutting across communities. The Ila never had any centralized political organization or paramount chief.

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