1st Edition

Survey of African Marriage and Family Life

Edited By Arthur Phillips Copyright 1953
522 Pages
by Routledge

522 Pages
by Routledge

522 Pages
by Routledge

Originally published in 1953, this study examines the effect of social change on African domestic organization and marriage. Changes to African social organization due to increased contact with the West are analyzed and accounts given as to how these changes were handled by various administrations and missionaries. The volume is contributed to by lawyers, missionaries, anthropologists and... Read more

Introduction Arthur Phillips. 1. African Marriage and Social Change L. P. Mair 2. Marriage laws in Africa Arthur Phillips 3. Christian Marriage in African Society Lyndon Harries

Biography

Arthur Phillips