Author: BROWN, JOHN TOM (1860-1925). RADCLIFFE-BROWN, ALFRED REGINALD (1881-1955)
Title: Among the Bantu nomads : a record of forty years spent among the Bechuana, a numerous and famous branch of the central south African Bantu : with the first full description of their ancient customs, manners and beliefs
Description: London : Seely. Service & Co 1926. First Edition. Near fine copy in the original title-blocked pictorial cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight. bright. clean and strong.Provenance; include a library bookplate with the inscription ' Lowenac - Camborne'. Physical description; 272 p. : ill. frontis. map. Notes; Index. Contents; Intro. - Tribal name & totem - Totem - People. family life & kinship - Family life - Kinship - Marriage laws & customs - Burial customs - Childhood & adolescence - Religious beliefs - Baimo - Demi-gods - Supreme being - Priestcraft - Religious ceremonies - Sacrifice of atonement - Mythology & folklore - Proverbs - Sketch of history - Bechuana of Northern Area (Bechuanaland Protectorate) - Transvaal Bechuana. Subjects; Brown. John Tom (1860-1925). Missionaries — Botswana. Tswana (African people) — Social life and customs — History — 20th century. Tswana (Bantu tribe). South Africa. Tswana. Bantu. Nomads. Weight in Kg appr.:

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