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Farnham Rehfisch

The Social Structure of a Mambila Village

London University 1956 unpublished MA Thesis.

later published as The Social Structure of a Mambila Village (1972). Zaria: Ahamadu Bello University: Sociology Department (Occ. Paper 2).

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Introduction


Chapter One: The country and its people

Nomenclature
Language
Population
Environment
Neighbouring Groups
Pre-European Era
The German Era
Present Day Administration
The Mission and the Mambila
Mambila - Pastoral Fulani Relationships

Chapter Two: The Mambila Economy

Introduction
Agriculture
Division of Labour and Disposal of Crops in the Context of the Household
Other Duties of Women
Other Duties of Married Males
Other Duties of Women
Children's Duties
Other Duties of Women
Division of Labour in Handicrafts
Land Tenure
Land Transfers
Land Sales
Trade and Market

Chapter Three: Non-Unilineal Descent Groups

Introduction
Memin
Fission in the Memin
Rights Derived from Memin Membership
The Memin Today
"Man"
A Comparison of the "Man" and the "Memin" Core
The Personal Kindred
Kinship Terms

Chapter Four: Marriage

Introduction
Exchange Marriage
Slave Marriage
Bridewealth Marriage
Bridewealth
Comparison of Marriage by Exchange and Marriage by Bridewealth
The Pattern of Authority within the Household
Sexual Rights
Jural Rights
Rights "in Genetricem"
Incidence of Marriages through Time
Polygynous Marriages
Source of Wives for Warwar Males

Chapter Five: Residence Groups

Introduction
Compound
Compound Clusters
Hamlet
Hamlet organization
The Hamlet as a Co-operative and Social Unit
The Village of Warwar
The Village Market
The Political Offices of Warwar

Chapter Six: Conclusion


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