1st Edition
The Tio Kingdom of The Middle Congo 1880-1892
610 Pages
by
Routledge
610 Pages
by
Routledge
610 Pages
by
Routledge
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Originally published in 1973, this book reconstructs the political and economic organization and the social life of the Tio kingdom at the end of the 19th century by means of a critical synthesis of documentary and ethnographic data. Based on a detailed study of rich docuemntary sources and fieldwork, it analyses the persistent features of Tio social organization and political relations as well... Read more
1. Introduction
Part 1: The Little Society
2. Kinship
3. Residential Groups
4. Marriage
5. The Economics of Subsistence: Production
6. The Economics of Subsistence: Domestic Life
7. Fortune and Misfortune
8. The Flow of Life
9. The Inner World
Part 2: The Wider Society
10.Tthe Great Congo Trade
11. The Commercial Economy
12. the Protectors: Lords and Squires
13. The Resolution of Conflict
14. The King and His Realm
15. The Kingdom Under Iloo Part 3: A Perspective Through Time
16. Tio Society to 1880
17. Social Change Among the tio of MBE (1880-1964)
Biography
Jan Vansina
