Originally published in 1967 (second edition) presents an account
of the life and social organisation of the Lo Wiili of the Haute
Volta and Ghana. Chapters on the geographic and ethnographic
background and economic system are followed by a detailed analysis
of Lo Wiili social organisation which in its broad outlines is
typical of the general area. Of particular theoretical interest,
however, is the co-existence in the one society of both patriclans
and matriclans and the way in which the Lo Wiili see themselves not
as a boundary-maintaining group ('tribe') but define themselves by
cultural criteria which are relative to the group with which they
are being compared. The study is also concerned with the
traditional role of the Earth Shrine in maintaining social control,
a widespread feature of West African societies.
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