Igbo Village Affairs - Chiefly With Reference to the Village of Umbueke Agbaja (1947)

First published in 1964. With an updated preface from 1963, to include the census of 1953-54 and Eastern Nigerian law update, this is an account of the people of Igbo with material collected over two periods of field work between 1934 and 1937 in South Eastern Nigeria.

List of contents

Part 1 Village organisation: the village-goup; the structure of the village; the economic side of village life; village organisation and the supernatural sphere; the military and civil aspects of village organisation; the law in maintenance; the law in breach (I); the law in breach (II); law making; dual division. Part 2 Exogamy: the system of exogamy; the implications of exogamy. Part 3 Women's organisation: women's work; groups based on place of marriage; groups based on place of birth. Appendices: the temperament factor; temperament and social groups; temperament and Ibo society.

About the author

Margaret M. Green, Sometime Reader in West African Languages and Cultures, School of Oriental Studies, University of London.

Summary

First published in 1964. With an updated preface from 1963, to include the census of 1953-54 and Eastern Nigerian law update, this is an account of the people of Igbo with material collected over two periods of field work between 1934 and 1937 in South Eastern Nigeria.

Product details

• Authors: M. M. Green, Margaret M. Green, Margaret Mackeson Green
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 17.07.1964
• EAN: 9780714616698
• ISBN: 978-0-7146-1669-8
• No. of pages: 284
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Miscellaneous; HISTORY / General, HISTORY / Africa / General, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Rural, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, African History