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Book chapter | Leiden University catalogue | WorldCat |
Title: | Agnatic descent: the Tallensi |
Author: | Mair, L. |
Book title: | African societies |
Year: | 1974 |
Pages: | 54-66 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Ghana |
Subjects: | Tallensi patriarchy |
Abstract: | Based on: 'The Web of kinship among the Tallensi', M. Fortes (1945). The Tallensi live in northern Ghana. This chapter discusses lineage, marriage, complementary filiation and the relation between Tallensi religion and kinship. |