1st Edition
The Sonjo of Tanganyika An Anthropological Study of an Irrigation-based Society
By Robert F. Gray
Copyright 1963
208 Pages
by
Routledge
208 Pages
by
Routledge
204 Pages
by
Routledge
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Originally published in 1963, this was the first monograph concerning an African people in which an irrigation-based society was studied in detail and its implications explored. The Sonjo, a Bantu-speaking people isolated among cattle pastoralists of what was Northern Tanganyika, are remarkable for their complex irrigation system and political organization. The inter-connections between the... Read more
1. Introduction
2. Geographical Setting of Villages
3. Economic Basis of Society
4. The Irrigation System
5. Family and Marriage
6. Age-Grades
7. Religion
8. Political Constitution
9. Conclusion
Biography
Robert F. Gray
