Gathering together material from a wide range of African societies, this volume allows similarities and differences to be easily perceived.

A discussion of the process by which some ethnic groups manipulate values, myths, symbols and ceremonials from their traditional culture in order to develop and control an informal political organisation.

These essays are mainly concerned with the development of some of Max Gluckman's ideas about African politics.

This volume is a study of mortuary customs of the LoDagaa of West Africa, in research for this project the author spent over 100 days attending funeral ceremonies and attended 25 burial services.

This pioneering volume summarizes the results of diverse research on Pleistocene environments and the cultural and biological evolution of man in Africa.

This book examines the political structure of the Nandi tribe in the first half of the twentieth century.

Fields of Change is a study of the means by which the Iteso adapted to the imposition of colonial rule and the loss of political independence.

This book examines the organisation of the Mau Mau movement, its propaganda, the nature of its religious aspects and its oaths and the mistakes its leaders made.

Urbanization is probably the most important process taking place in African countries. This book provides a lucid and informative study of the significance of urbanization for social change in sub-Saharan Africa.

This book is a study of the pattern of social life which developed in the slums of central Lagos; and of the effects of a compulsory slum clearance scheme on the lives of those who were removed.