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This volume provides an introduction to old Bantu culture, and an account of modern Bantu life.

The book is structured as follows:
. An introduction of old Bantu culture
. An account of modern Bantu life
. Discussion of the influence exerted by Christianity and Education upon communal life of the Bantu
. Examination of special aspects of Bantu culture as they have been modified by Western civilization: language and music
. The economic, political and legal positions of the native tribes in South Africa are also covered.
First published in 1934.

The volumes collected in this series were the product of two programmes of publications and research, one in the 1930s and the other in the 1950s. The series as a whole is designed to provide an academic analysis of society in mid-20th century Africa through these texts. Includes a new introduction by Simon Roberts. Schapera's original study was published in 1938. New edition published in association with the International African Institute Germany: Lit Verlag; North America: Transaction Books

Originally published in 1938, the primary object of this book was to place on record, for the information and guidance of government officials and of the Tswana themselves, the traditional and modern laws and related customs of the Tswana tribes of the Bechuanaland Protectorate. The author was invited in 1934 by the Administration of the Protectorate to undertake the compilation of such a record and the book does not pretend to give a complete account of Tswana life, but deals only with those aspects which may be regarded as falling within the province of tribal law.

First published in 1953 and this edition in 1991, this book was created in association with the International African Institute. Since its first publication, anthropology and African Studies have changed a great deal, but the bedrock of both remains unchanged: solid, sensitive ethnographic and historical accounts of the peoples and cultures of the continent.

Part One is by Isaac Schapera whose documentation of life and times in the Bechuanaland Protectorate stands as a starkly detailed chronical of an African population in a rapidly changing world. Schapera was one of the few...

First published in 1953 and this edition in 1991, this book was created in association with the International African Institute. Since its first publication, anthropology and African Studies have changed a great deal, but the bedrock of both remains unchanged: solid, sensitive ethnographic and historical accounts of the peoples and cultures of the continent.

Part One is by Isaac Schapera whose documentation of life and times in the Bechuanaland Protectorate stands as a starkly detailed chronical of an African population in a rapidly changing world. Schapera was one of the few...