Choice and Constraint in a Swahili Community: Property, Hierarchy and Cognatic Descent on the East African Coast

ISBN-13: 9781138493322 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 176 str.

Ann Patricia Caplan

Opis

Originally published in 1975, this book examines property and power relations in a Swahili village on Mafia Island off Tanzania. It focuses on the cognatic descent groups which are important in many areas of village life such as land-holding, marriage, residence, Islamic activities and spirit possession cults.

Spis treści

1. Ecology, Population and Economy 2. Descent Groups and Personal Networks 3. Residence Patterns 4. Land Tenure 5. The Socio-Religious Hierarchy: Islam 6. The Socio-Religious Hierarchy: Spirit Possession 7. The Hierarchy and Village Politics 8. Conclusion