The Realm of a Rain Queen: A Study of the Pattern of Lovedu Society (African Ethnographic Studies of the 20th Century) - Softcover

Krige, E. Jensen; Krige, J. D.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1138589780 ISBN 13: 9781138589780

Publisher: Routledge, 2020

Synopsis

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.

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About the Author

Eileen Jensen Krige (1905–1995) was a prominent South African social anthropologist noted for her research on Zulu and Lovedu cultures. Together with Hilda Kuper and Monica Wilson, she produced substantial works on the Nguni peoples of Southern Africa. Apart from her research she is considered to be one of the 'pioneering mothers' of the University of Natal, Durban, South Africa, where she taught from 1948 until retirement in 1970.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1138589780
• ISBN 13: 9781138589780
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 372