Comedy, Fantasy and Colonialism

Comedy, Fantasy and Colonialism
Author: Graeme Harper
Publisher: A&C Black
Total Pages: 254
Release: 2002-08-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 1847142168

Drawing together for the first time original work from international specialists, this book assesses the role and character of comedy and fantasy in colonial societies from India to Ireland, Australia to Cuba, Africa to North America. There are cross-cultural comparisons and consideration of both imperial responses and colonized resistance. The book deals with oral as well as written traditions, the history of comic and fantastic discourse, visual, theatrical and literary representations as well as historical and cultural accounts.

Indaba, My Children

Indaba, My Children
Author: Credo Vusa'mazulu Mutwa
Publisher: Grove Press
Total Pages: 716
Release: 1999
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9780802136046

Comprehensive and beautifully written, this collection of African folktales is a stunning ethnographic achievement and riveting narrative of the mythical origins of the Zulu culture.

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Total Pages: 452
Release: 1925
Genre: South Africa
ISBN:

Consists of reports of various Select Committees, each with a distinctive title.

The Western Lacustrine Bantu (Nyoro, Toro, Nyankore, Kiga, Haya and Zinza with Sections on the Amba and Konjo)

The Western Lacustrine Bantu (Nyoro, Toro, Nyankore, Kiga, Haya and Zinza with Sections on the Amba and Konjo)
Author: Brian K. Taylor
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 228
Release: 2017-02-10
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1315309955

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.

Hunger and Work in a Savage Tribe

Hunger and Work in a Savage Tribe
Author: Audrey I. Richards
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 257
Release: 2013-11-05
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1136533257

The force of hunger in shaping human character and social structure has been largely overlooked. This omission is a serious one in the study of primitive society, in which starvation is a constant menace. This work remedies this deficiency and opens up new lines of anthropological inquiry. The whole network of social institutions is examined which makes possible the consumption, distribution, and production of food-eating customs, as well as the religion and magic of food-production.