| The Sonjo of Tanganyika: An Anthropological Study of an Irrigation-Based Society Contributor(s): Gray, Robert F. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1138589616 ISBN-13: 9781138589612 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $138.60 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Regional Studies - Social Science | Anthropology - General - Social Science | Sociology - General |
| Dewey: 301.296 |
| Physical Information: 208 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Originally published in 1963, this was the first monograph concerning an African people in which an irrigation-based society was studied in detail and its implications explored. The Sonjo, a Bantu-speaking people isolated among cattle pastoralists of what was Northern Tanganyika, are remarkable for their complex irrigation system and political organization. The inter-connections between the irrigation system, the religious cult of a culture hero, and the special features of their social organization are at the core of this analysis. |
