Africa. Its Peoples and their culture history/Contents

George Peter Murdock 1897 — 1985 Professor of Anthropology, Yale University Africa. Its Peoples and Their Culture History New York. McGraw-Hill. 1959. 456 p.

Social structure (1949) / Outline of Cultural Materials – OCM (1961) / OCM as SKOS Vocabulary

To Americans of African Descent

Keyu warriors overlooking the Rift Valley, Kenya (Peabody Museum of Archeology & Ethnology, Harvard University)

Kung Bushmen girl (Peabody Museum of Archeology & Ethnology, Harvard University)

Contents

Preface
List of Maps

Part One: Orientation

1. Geography
2. Race
3. Language
4. Economy
5. Society
6. Government
7. History

Part Two: African Hunters

1. Pygmies
2. Bushmen and Their Kin
3. East African Hunters

Part Three: Sudanic Agricultural Civilization

1. Nuclear Mande
2. Voltaic Peoples
3. Plateau Nigerians

Part Four: North African Agricultural Civilization

1. Ancient Egyptians
2. Berbers
3. Saharan Negroes and the Caravan Trade
4. Negroes of the Sudan Fringe
5. Punic and Greco-Roman North Africa

Part Five: Synthesis in the Nile Corridor

1. Nubians
2. Nuba
3. Prenilotes
4. Central Ethiopians
5. Sidamo Peoples

Part Six: Southward Expansion of the Cushites

1. Southern Cushites
2. Megalithic Cushites
3. Ancient Azanians

Part Seven: Cultural Impact of Indonesia

1. Malagasy
2. Central Sudanic Peoples
3. Eastern Nigritic Peoples
4. Cameroon Highlanders
5. Southern Nigerians
6. Twi
7. Kru and Peripheral Mande
8. Senegambians

Part Eight: Expansion of the Bantu

1. Northwestern Bantu
2. Equatorial Bantu
3. Mongo and Luba
4. Central Bantu
5. Northeast Coastal Bantu

Part Nine: East African Pastoralism

1. Beja
2. Afar and Somali
3. Galla
4. Nilotes

Part Ten: Spread of Pastoralism to the Bantu

1. Kenya Highland Bantu
2. Interlacustrine Bantu
3. Tanganyika Bantu
4. Middle Zambesi Bantu
5. Southwestern Bantu
6. Shona and Thonga
7. Nguni
8. Sotho

Part Eleven: North and West African Pastoralism

1. Bedouin Arabs
2. Tuareg
3. Baggara
4. Fulani

Key to Bibliographical Abbreviations
Index of Tribal Names

List of maps

1. Relief of Africa
2. Drainage Systems of Africa
3. Mean Annual Rainfall in Africa
4. Vegetation Zones of Africa
5. Distribution of Races in Africa
6. African Languages about A.D. 1500
7. Distribution of Types of Subsistence Economy
8. Distribution of Cattle and of Milking
9. Distribution of Rules of Descent
10. Culture Provinces of the Western Sudan
11. Areas of Berber Speech
12. Trans-Saharan Caravan Routes
13. Culture Provinces of the Yam Belt
14. Culture Provinces of Bantu Africa
15. East African Pastoralists
16. Major Concentrations of Fulani
17. Tribal Map of Africa [pocket inside back cover]

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Bienvenue dans mon monde d'exploration et de découverte ! Je suis Ingrid Allain, une voyageuse passionnée avec une curiosité insatiable pour la riche tapisserie de la culture africaine. Pour moi, l'Afrique n'est pas juste une destination ; c'est une fascination de toute une vie et une source d'inspiration. Des rythmes vibrants des cercles de tambours d'Afrique de l'Ouest à la perlerie complexe des artisans Maasaï, chaque coin de ce continent détient un trésor de traditions à découvrir. À travers mes écrits, je vise à partager la beauté, la diversité et la résilience des cultures africaines avec le monde. E-mail: [email protected] / Linkedin