Other Cultures provides a lucid introduction to the relatively new field of social anthropology. The author devotes the first part of the book to a consideration of what social anthropology is and seeks to do, what areas it covers, and the methods of investigation employed by social anthropologists. The second part discusses the major categories of research through which social anthropologies have advanced our knowledge of other cultures. These include marriage, kinship, political organization, law, economic and property relations, magic, religion, and social change. The final chapter surveys...

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

This book considers what kind of study social anthropology is and discusses the important fields in which social anthropologists have advanced our knowledge of other cultures.

this collections contains ten essays by anthropologists on the beliefs associated with witches and sorcerers in Eastern Africa.

Gathering together under a single cover material from a wide range of African societies, this volume allows similarities and differences to be easily perceived and suggests social correlates of these in terms of age, sex, marital status, social grading and wealth. It includes material on both traditional and modern cults.