Affect and Society in Precolonial Africa
Affect and Society in Precolonial Africa
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African Studies Centre, Boston University
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2013
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The International Journal of African Historical Studies
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The International Journal of African Historical Studies, Vol. 46, No. 1, 2013, pp. 123-149
Abstract:
In their 1920 ethnography of the Ila, Reverend Edwin Smith and District Commissioner Andrew Dale described as "prostitution" the Ila institution of kuweza lubono mung'anda (lit. "to hunt for wealth at home," also called "hunting cattle"), in which a wife and husband agree that she take lovers to attract gifts …
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CITATION: de Luna, Kathryn M.. Affect and Society in Precolonial Africa . : African Studies Centre, Boston University , 2013. The International Journal of African Historical Studies, Vol. 46, No. 1, 2013, pp. 123-149 - Available at: http://library.au.int/affect-and-society-precolonial-africa-4