Originally published in 1943 this book discusses the life and culture of the Lovedu, a Bantu tribe in South Africa. As well as discussing the Rain-Queen, much of the book is devoted to the royal institutions; the network of links woven by kinship, marriage and marriage cattle, the legal procedure of compromise and appeasement and various aspects of magic, witchcraft and religion. Considered as a whole, the culture emerges as a structure supporting and in turns supported by the Rain-Queen.
| ISBN: | 9781138589780 |
| Publication date: | 29th April 2020 |
| Author: | E Jensen Krige, J D Krige |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 372 pages |
| Series: | African Ethnographic Studies of the 20th Century |
| Genres: |
Regional / International studies Anthropology Regional geography Society and culture: general |