This study of politics and government among a West African people, the Banyang of the Upper Cross River, covers the end of the period of Colonial administration. The book: · Shows the inter-relationship between the structure of the small forest communities and the highly autonomous processes by which they were governed · Analyses the relationship between residence and common descent as principles of corporate grouping · Includes a case study of the political struggle involved in one community's claims to independence. Originally published in 1969.
| ISBN: | 9780415330022 |
| Publication date: | 26th February 2004 |
| Author: | Malcolm Ruel |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 384 pages |
| Series: | Routledge Library Editions. |
| Genres: |
Anthropology |