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Yakö Studies
About this book
Originally published in 1964 this volume collects together 25 years' worth of journal articles from the UK and USA. It brings together detailed descriptions and analyses of various aspects of the Yakö peoples of the Cross River area of Eastern Nigeria and includes sections on social organization, economy and religion.
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INDEX
Adoption, 71–81, 89, 104, 131
Adultery, 90, 92, 126–7
Age-set, 20, 67, 72, 87, 92, 122, 127, 142–8, 162, 164, 168, 172, 176, 186, 195, 199, 207, 212, 220, 235, 238, 250, 265; ill., p. 177
Akota, see War Stones
Ancestors, 3
Ase, see Ritual, Harvest
Atewa, vii, 239, 241–2, 250
Authority, vi, 124–5, 131, 142–4, 147–54, 159–60, 162–4, 165–8, 171–4, 178–9, 181, 185–6, 189–90, 195, 198, 200–1, 203–5, 225, 235, 237–8
Bananas, 9
Basket, 41
Beans, 8, 23–24, 42
Bendom, 196–9, 205, 207
Betrothal, 122
Biko-Biko, 56, 58–59, 101–2, 135, 153, 193
British Administration, 190, 192
Brother, 90, 92, 96, 107–8, 130, 216
Carbohydrate, 43
Cassava, 8, 23–24
Cattle, 27, 31
Census, 4, 13, 63, 171
Chalk, 41, 44, 68, 137, 144, 155, 159, 162–3, 185, 241–4, 247, 271
Chicken, 28, 43, 271
Childbearing, 215, 217, 231, 264, 267, 274, 282
Chil...
Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Illustrations
- Introduction
- I Land and Labour
- II Exchange and Consumption
- III Fission and Accretion in the Patriclan
- IV Double Descent and the Matrilineal System
- V Ward Organization
- VI Village Government
- VII Spirits, Witches, and Sorcerers
- VIII First Fruits Rituals
- IX The Context of Belief
- Index