1st Edition

Tribal Innovators Tswana Chiefs and Social Change 1795-1940

By Isaac Schapera Copyright 1970
208 Pages
by Routledge

300 Pages
by Routledge

208 Pages
by Routledge

This book is a completely revised version of a study published in 1943. That study, entitled Tribal Legislation among the Tswana of the Bechuanaland Protectorate, dealt with the role of chiefs as agents of social change and, in particular, with the changes they brought about by making new laws. It described the various kinds of legislative process current among the Tswana, and reviewed... Read more
PART I. THE CHIEF AS INNOVATOR I. SOCIAL CHANGE AMONG THE TSWANA 2. THE CHIEF AS INNOVATOR 3· ROLE OF THE ADMINISTRATION PART II. LAWS AND ACTS OF THE CHIEFS 4· TRIBAL GOVERNMENT 5· ECONOMIC LIFE 6. RELIGION AND MAGIC 7· DOMESTIC AND SOCIAL LIFE PART III. TSWANA CHIEFS AND SOCIAL CHANGE 8. MOTIVES FOR INNOVATION 9· CHIEFS AND PUBLIC OPINION 10. TSWANA CHIEFS AND SOCIAL CHANGE

Biography

Isaac Schapera (Author)