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The noble custom of rooraarticle 1993 • Meekers, D. (Dominique)
Shona • Africa > Southern Africa
This document explores change and continuity in marriage practices. Among the most important changes is a decline in the power of lineages over marriage arrangements, together with a substantial reduction in the amount of control the husband previous...Migration across ecosystem boundariesessay 1999 • Dyson-Hudson, Rada & Meekers, D. (Dominique)
Turkana • Africa > Eastern Africa
This article focuses on long-term migration out of the pastoral sector for one year or more in Southern Turkana. It also discusses the effects of both short-term and long-term migration across the boundaries of the Turkana pastoral production system ...