The Kanuri of Bornu / Ronald Cohen.
Series: Case studies in cultural anthropologyPublication details: New York : Holt, Rinehart and Winston, c1967.Description: x, 115 p. : ill.., maps ; 24 cmSubject(s): DDC classification:- 916.695 23 COH
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Contents;
1. The setting
The land and the people
Gathering the material
Ethnography and theory
2. History
Kanem-Bornu: The historical background
Kanem-Bornu: The social and political background
Pre-nineteenth century Bornu
etc.
3. The family and household in Bornu
The kinship system
Married life
Other family relations and the behavior norms
The household
4. The lifecycle: From birth to death in Kanuri society
Gestation
Birth
The naming
Infancy
Childhood
Puberty
etc.
5. The economic life
The household as an economic unit
Households as consumers
Households as producers
Distribution
The organization of trade
6. The political organization
Households, wards and hamlets
The village area
The district organization
The organization at the center
Representative government
Bibliography : p. 113-115.
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