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Good companyBook 1951 • Wilson, Monica Hunter
Nyakyusa and Ngonde • Africa > Eastern Africa
This source deals with the structure, economy and values of Nyakyusa society. For the purposes of the Ngonde file, the Nyakyusa are considered to be part of the Ngonde nation. The monograph includes discussions of the environment, village structure, ...Rituals of kinship among the NyakyusaBook 1957 • Wilson, Monica Hunter
Nyakyusa and Ngonde • Africa > Eastern Africa
This source is the second of three projected volumes on Nyakyusa social organization, the first concerning itself with the age-village structure (see 1: Wilson, this file) and the third to deals with various communal rituals. The rituals treated in t...Communal rituals of the NyakyusaBook 1959 • Wilson, Monica Hunter
Nyakyusa and Ngonde • Africa > Eastern Africa
This volume is a study of the relationship of religion to Nyakyusa social structure. The author examines the origin myths (the charter), political and age-grade ceremonies, ancestral sacrifices and the varying importance of ancestral shrines, politic...For men and eldersBook 1977 • Wilson, Monica Hunter
Nyakyusa and Ngonde • Africa > Eastern Africa
This book is about the Nyakyusa people of Tanzania and the Ngonde of Malawi, who live on opposite sides of the Songwe river and who speak one language. It is concerned with how marriage relationships and relations between generations have changed bet...