The Swahili-Speaking Peoples of Zanzibar and the East African... - 9781138233157

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The Swahili-Speaking Peoples of Zanzibar and the East African Coast (Arabs, Shirazi and Swahili)East Central Africa Part XII\nAuthor(s): A. H. J. Prins\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138233157, 978-1138233157\nSynopsis\nRoutledge is proud to be re-issuing this landmark series in association with the International African Institute. The series, published between 1950 and 1977, brings together a wealth of previously un-co-ordinated material on the ethnic groupings and social conditions of African peoples.\n\nConcise, critical and (for its time) accurate, the Ethnographic Survey contains sections as follows: \n\nPhysical Environment\n\nLinguistic Data\n\nDemography\n\nHistory & Traditions of Origin\n\nNomenclature\n\nGrouping\n\nCultural Features: Religion, Witchcraft, Birth, Initiation, Burial\n\nSocial & Political Organization: Kinship, Marriage, Inheritance, Slavery, Land Tenure, Warfare & Justice\n.