Sukumaland: An African People and Their Country: A Study of Land Use in Tanganyika

Originally published in 1953, this book discusses the Sukuma people who represent the largest ethnic group in Tanzania. It is devoted mainly to the resources, use, problems and systems of tenure of the territory of Sukumaland, but also contains an account of Sukama social structure, organisation and functions of hereditary and elected authorities and of the religious aspects of landholding and cattle ownership. The book is supplemented by numerous diagrams and maps.

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Sukumaland: An African People and Their Country: A Study of Land Use in Tanganyika

Originally published in 1953, this book discusses the Sukuma people who represent the largest ethnic group in Tanzania. It is devoted mainly to the resources, use, problems and systems of tenure of the territory of Sukumaland, but also contains an account of Sukama social structure, organisation and functions of hereditary and elected authorities and of the religious aspects of landholding and cattle ownership. The book is supplemented by numerous diagrams and maps.

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Sukumaland: An African People and Their Country: A Study of Land Use in Tanganyika

Sukumaland: An African People and Their Country: A Study of Land Use in Tanganyika

by D. W. Malcolm
Sukumaland: An African People and Their Country: A Study of Land Use in Tanganyika

Sukumaland: An African People and Their Country: A Study of Land Use in Tanganyika

by D. W. Malcolm

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Originally published in 1953, this book discusses the Sukuma people who represent the largest ethnic group in Tanzania. It is devoted mainly to the resources, use, problems and systems of tenure of the territory of Sukumaland, but also contains an account of Sukama social structure, organisation and functions of hereditary and elected authorities and of the religious aspects of landholding and cattle ownership. The book is supplemented by numerous diagrams and maps.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780429948121
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 09/03/2018
Series: African Ethnographic Studies of the 20th Century
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 262
File size: 3 MB

About the Author

D. W. Malcolm

Table of Contents

1. Environment 2. Population 3. The People and the Land 4. Cattle Rights and Grazing 5. The Administration of Local African Government in Sukumaland 6. Sukumaland Problems

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