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Abafazi Bathonga Bafihlakalaessay 1991 • Webster, David
Tsonga • Africa > Southern Africa
This article is concerned with one ethnographic puzzle: why is it that among the Thonga of Southern Africa a vast majority of men actively spurn their ethnic heritage while a large number of their womenfolk actively embrace it. It argues that the ans...Tembe-Thonga kinshiparticle 1986 • Webster, David
Tsonga • Africa > Southern Africa
This article is concerned with the nature of Thonga kinship system since the advent of colonial powers in the region. It argues that prior to ca. 1750, the Thonga lived in small, scattered homesteads, practicing a mixed economy, based on the domestic...