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The Basuto: A Social Study of Traditional and Modern Lesotho (African Ethnographic Studies of the 20th Century) - Softcover

Book 16 of 77: African Ethnographic Studies of the 20th Century

Ashton, Hugh

 
9781138487512: The Basuto: A Social Study of Traditional and Modern Lesotho (African Ethnographic Studies of the 20th Century)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1138487511 ISBN 13: 9781138487512
Publisher: Routledge, 2020

Synopsis

Originally published in 1952 and as a second edition in 1967 this volume provides a systematic and comprehensive account of the Basuto people and their changing culture, and reviews the developments and changes leading up to 1966 when Basutoland achieved independence as Lesotho. It describes in detail daily lives, the education and upbringing of children, initiation, marriage, economic activities and political developments within and outside the country. It includes a discussion of tribal and modern law and the workings of the courts and a study of the part played by magic and sorcery and an analysis of the motives leading to the out break of 'medicine' murders in the 1940s.

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Hugh Ashton

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2020
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1138487511
ISBN 13 
9781138487512
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
414