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The Lozi of Barostseland in north-western Rhodesia

seven tribes of british central africaManchester • Published In 1959 • Pages: i-xx, 1-93 , plates

By: Gluckman, Max.

Abstract
This work focuses on the administrative system headed by the Lozi king and his councils, on the loyalty relationships between titled royalty and commoners, and on the general Lozi conception of nation as bound up with royalty in a kind of fictive familial relation. Gluckman gives extensive descriptions of the traditional kings's councils and the effect on these as well as on the 'sector' system which British rule had. There is no extensive information on family, kinship, socialization, or daily life of Lozi and affiliated tribes; Gluckman does not argue that the domestic nuclear family unit is unstable and that kinship-grouping is vague.
Subjects
Tribe and nation
Chief executive
Executive household
culture
Lozi
HRAF PubDate
1995
Region
Africa
Sub Region
Southern Africa
Document Type
essay
Evaluation
Creator Type
Ethnologist
Document Rating
5: Excellent Primary Data
Analyst
Adolph Hoehling ; Sigrid Khera
Field Date
1940-1947
Coverage Date
not specified
Coverage Place
Zambia
Notes
Max Gluckman
Bibliography: p. 89
LCSH
Lozi (African people)