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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London University 1956 unpublished MA Thesis.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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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
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