Tallensi FE11.

This collection of 12 documents, all in English, cover Tallensi cultural, economic and environmental information circa 1930 to 1994. Most are by Meyer Fortes, a leading British social anthropologist who conducted extensive fieldwork among the Tallensi in 1934-1937 and 1971. His works provide detaile...

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Corporate Author: Human Relations Area Files, inc
Other Authors: Teferi Abate, Fortes, Meyer, Fortes, Sonia L., Goody, Jack, Gabrilopoulos, Nick, Mather, Charles M. (Charles Maurice), 1963-, Apentiik, Caesar Roland, Riehl, Volker, 1956-
Format: Electronic Reference Material
Language:English
Published: New Haven, Conn. Human Relations Area Files, 2010-
Series:eHRAF world cultures. Africa.
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Table of Contents:
  • Culture summary, Tallensi / Teferi Abate Adem
  • The dynamics of clanship among the Tallensi, being the first part of an analysis of the social structure of a Trans-Volta tribe ; The web of kinship among the Tallensi, the second part of an analysis of the social structure of a Trans-Volta tribe ; Social and psychological aspects of education in Taleland ; Communal fishing and fishing magic in the northern territories of the Gold Coast ; Ritual festivals and social cohesion in the Hinterland of the Gold Coast ; Names among the Tallensi of the Gold Coast ; Towards the judicial process, a Tallensi case / Meyer Fortes
  • Food in the domestic economy of the Tallensi / M. and S. L. Fortes
  • Religion, morality, and the person, essays on Tallensi religion / Meyer Fortes ; edited and with an introduction by Jack Goody
  • Lineage organisation of the Tallensi compound, the social logic of domestic space / Nick Gabrilopoulos, Charles Mather and Caesar Roland Apentiik
  • The land is ours, research on the land-use system among the Tallensi in northern Ghana / Volker Riehl.