The social system of the Zulus

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Title:	The social system of the Zulus
Author:	Krige, Eileen Jensen
Year:	1936
Pages:	420
Language:	English
City of publisher:	London
Publisher:	Longmans, Green and Co
Geographic term:	South Africa
Subjects:	Zulu anthropology
Abstract:	A compilation rather than the result of personal investigations in the field, and intended primarily as a collection and scientific co-ordination of the information scattered about, or lying concealed in numerous publications. The subjects dealt with are: history, kinship system, social organization, village, food and narcotics, birth and childhood, transition from childhood to adulthood, marriage ceremonies, death and burial, succession and inheritance, economic life, political organization, the king, the military organization, religion, medicine and magic, music, dancing and song, and folklore.