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The social structure of the Nyakyusaarticle 1973 • McKenny, Michael G.
Nyakyusa and Ngonde • Africa > Eastern Africa
This article focuses on the sociological factors that accounted for the emergence of the Nyakyusa Chiefdoms. The focus is on internal processes in the age-villages, a uniquely Nyakyusa residence pattern in which a cohort of boys establish their own v...