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Social structure and acculturation among the Kanuri of northern NigeriaBook 1966 • Rosman, Abraham
Kanuri • Africa > Western Africa
This doctoral dissertation examines the issue of acculturation. In it the author explores the question: How does acculturation differ among differing groups in an urban community? He describes Kanuri social structure and focuses on how it guides and ...Powdermaker's Lesuarticle 1991 • Rosman, Abraham & Rubel, Paula G.
Lesu • Oceania > Melanesia
This article looks back at Hortense Powerdermaker's study of Lesu villagers in 1929-1930 from the perspective of anthropology in 1980s. It shows that Powerdermaker's study was done while she was carrying out during the highdays of functionalism and a...