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Routledge is proud to be re-issuing this landmark series in
association with the International African Institute. The series,
published between 1950 and 1977, brings together a wealth of
previously un-co-ordinated material on the ethnic groupings and
social conditions of African peoples. Concise, critical and (for
its time) accurate, the Ethnographic Survey contains sections as
follows: Physical Environment Linguistic Data Demography History
& Traditions of Origin Nomenclature Grouping Cultural Features:
Religion, Witchcraft, Birth, Initiation, Burial Social &
Political Organization: Kinship, Marriage, Inheritance, Slavery,
Land Tenure, Warfare & Justice Economy & Trade Domestic
Architecture Each of the 50 volumes will be available to buy
individually, and these are organized into regional sub-groups:
East Central Africa, North-Eastern Africa, Southern Africa, West
Central Africa, Western Africa, and Central Africa Belgian Congo.
The volumes are supplemented with maps, available to view on
routledge.com or available as a pdf from the publishers.
In 1623 Richard Jobson published an account of a 1620-1621 English
voyage up River Gambra, during which a party, led by himself,
penetrated to a point some 460 miles up-river. The purpose of the
voyage was to make contact with the gold trade of the West African
interior, but in this there was little success. However, Jobson's
account of the river, its commerce, natural history, peoples,
religions and polities, was the earliest to appear in print, in
this fullness of detail, in any language. It was also the earliest
detailed account of any part of Black Africa, by an Englishman.
Jobson's account, almost entirely original, has special interest in
its author's observations on the African scene, particularly those
on the African peoples and individuals encountered. Jobson
discusses such topics as local agriculture and trade, the role of
Islam, political culture, and the position of women. Despite the
limits of his experience, his observations are seemingly accurate
and generally perceptive, as well as being (perhaps unexpectedly)
often tolerant and even sympathetic.
In 1623 Richard Jobson published an account of a 1620-1621 English
voyage up River Gambra, during which a party, led by himself,
penetrated to a point some 460 miles up-river. The purpose of the
voyage was to make contact with the gold trade of the West African
interior, but in this there was little success. However, Jobson's
account of the river, its commerce, natural history, peoples,
religions and polities, was the earliest to appear in print, in
this fullness of detail, in any language. It was also the earliest
detailed account of any part of Black Africa, by an Englishman.
Jobson's account, almost entirely original, has special interest in
its author's observations on the African scene, particularly those
on the African peoples and individuals encountered. Jobson
discusses such topics as local agriculture and trade, the role of
Islam, political culture, and the position of women. Despite the
limits of his experience, his observations are seemingly accurate
and generally perceptive, as well as being (perhaps unexpectedly)
often tolerant and even sympathetic.
Routledge is proud to be re-issuing this landmark series in
association with the International African Institute. The series,
published between 1950 and 1977, brings together a wealth of
previously un-co-ordinated material on the ethnic groupings and
social conditions of African peoples. Concise, critical and (for
its time) accurate, the Ethnographic Survey contains sections as
follows: Physical Environment Linguistic Data Demography History
& Traditions of Origin Nomenclature Grouping Cultural Features:
Religion, Witchcraft, Birth, Initiation, Burial Social &
Political Organization: Kinship, Marriage, Inheritance, Slavery,
Land Tenure, Warfare & Justice Economy & Trade Domestic
Architecture Each of the 50 volumes will be available to buy
individually, and these are organized into regional sub-groups:
East Central Africa, North-Eastern Africa, Southern Africa, West
Central Africa, Western Africa, and Central Africa Belgian Congo.
The volumes are supplemented with maps, available to view on
routledge.com or available as a pdf from the publishers.
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