ABSTRACT

Originally published in 1951 this book is a study of village system in southern Tanzania, which at the time of publication was thought to be unique. Each village consisted not of a group of kinsmen but an age-set: a group of male contemporaries, together with their wives and young children. The book is concerned with the structure of these villages and the values expressed in them.

chapter I|18 pages

Introductory

chapter II|25 pages

Village Organization

chapter III|22 pages

Economic Co-Operation

chapter IV|25 pages

Values

chapter V|45 pages

Mystical Interdependence

chapter VI|22 pages

The Maintenance of Order

part |96 pages

Select Documents Relating To Nyakyusa Age-Villages

chapter 1|5 pages

Villages In Mwaipopo’s Chiefdom (1938)

chapter 2|2 pages

The ‘Coming Out’ (Ubusoka)

chapter 4|2 pages

A Boundary Dispute

chapter 5|1 pages

Summary Of Labour Histories

chapter 7|2 pages

Homosexuality

chapter 9|3 pages

Methods of Witchcraft

chapter 10|1 pages

A Myth Of Witchcraft

chapter 11|1 pages

Witchcraft And Lust For Meat and Milk

chapter 12|2 pages

Inheritance Of Witchcraft

chapter 13|1 pages

Acquiring Witchcraft From Friends

chapter 14|1 pages

Consciousness Of Witchcraft

chapter 15|2 pages

The Associations Of Ukuloga and Ukupita

chapter 16|1 pages

Things Associated with Witchcraft

chapter 17|2 pages

Dreams As Evidence Of Witchcraft

chapter 18|1 pages

Grounds Of Accusation Of Witchcraft

chapter 20|3 pages

Threats of Witchcraft

chapter 21|1 pages

Children Learning Of Witchcraft

chapter 22|5 pages

‘The Breath of Men’

chapter 23|1 pages

Ritual of Reconciliation

chapter 25|3 pages

The Ordeal (Umwafi)

chapter 26|4 pages

The Autopsy

chapter 27|1 pages

Wives Driven Away For Witchcraft

chapter 28|2 pages

Fear Of Hereditary Witchcraft

chapter 29|1 pages

Christian Scepticism Of Witchcraft

chapter 30|1 pages

Sorcery

chapter 31|1 pages

Deaths Attributed To ‘The Horn’

chapter 32|5 pages

Procedure In Witchcraft Cases (Modern)

chapter 35|1 pages

Joint Responsibility Of Neighbours

chapter 36|3 pages

Moving

chapter 37|1 pages

Fetching Home A Private Individual

chapter 38|4 pages

Bringing Home A Village Headman