African Worlds
Studies in the Cosmological Ideas and Social Values of African Peoples

This series of "Classics in African Anthropology" is primarily drawn from a distinct family of texts which dominated the academic analysis of society in mid-20th century Africa. The texts are significant yet often neglected, but have stood the test of time, according to the editors.

This series of Classics in African Anthropology is primarily drawn from a distinct family of texts which dominated the academic analysis of society in mid-20th century Africa. The texts are significant yet often neglected, but have stood the test of time, according to the editors. Originally published in 1954. New edition published in association with the International African Institute North America: Transaction Books; Germany: Lit Verlag

Introduction, Daryll Forde
the L'ele of Kasai, Mary Douglas
the Abaluyia of Kavirondo (Kenya), Gunter Wagner
the Lovedu of the Transvaal, J.D. &
E.J. Krige
the Dogon of the French Sudan, Marcel Griaule &
Germaine Dieterlen
the Mende in Sierra Leone, Kenneth Little
the Shilluk of the Upper Nile, Godfrey Lienhardt
the kingdom of Rwanda, J.J. Maquet
the Ashanti of the Gold Coast. K.A. Busia
the Fon of Dahomey, P. Mercier.