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The social system of the ZulusBook 1965 • Krige, Eileen Jensen
Zulu • Africa > Southern Africa
This is '…a collection and scientific co-ordination of the information scattered about, or lying concealed in, numerous publications' (p. v) on the Zulu of KwaZulu-Natal. In addition to gathering information from published sources, the author corresp...Girls' puberty songs and their relation to fertility, health, morality, and religion among the Zulusarticle 1968 • Krige, Eileen Jensen
Zulu • Africa > Southern Africa
This source is concerned with a discussion and analysis of songs used in girls' puberty and maturity ceremonies as well as on other occasions, particularly during ceremonies to the deity Inkosazana. Brief descriptions of maturity ceremonies and cerem...Some Zulu concepts important for an understanding of fertility and other ritualsessay 1969 • Krige, Eileen Jensen
Zulu • Africa > Southern Africa
This source is concerned with defining and clarifying the usage of seven concepts related to Zulu ceremonial practices. It is the author's contention that an understanding of such concepts will show how seemingly disparate ceremonial behaviors such a...