The Web of Kinship Among the Tallensi: The Second Part of an Analysis of the Social Structure of a Trans-Volta Tribe |
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INTRODUCTORY | 1 |
KINSHIP AND THE LINEAGE SYSTEM | 12 |
Two Classes of Kinship Relations | 18 |
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agnatic ahǝb ahəŋ ancestor spirits bakologo belong biis bonds boyar bɔyar bride-price calabash ceremonies child clan clansman clansmen classificatory co-wives cognatic common corporate daughter dead death descent domestic family duties Dynamics of Clanship economic elders extra-clan kinship farm filial filial piety funeral genealogical gifts girl grandson ground-nut head homestead household husband incest inherit inner lineage interests joint family jural and ritual kinsman Kumasi Kutǝbis land lineage segment lineage system living man's marriage married matrilateral matter maximal lineage medial lineage mother mother's brother mystical Naabdiya Namoos natives nuclear lineage older oldest Ondieso one's parents and children paternal patrilineal person porridge principle proxy father relationship rites saarǝt sacrifice sanctions senior sexual siblings sister social relations social structure son's sons soog taboo Tale social Taleland Tallensi say tɛndaana Tongo uterine widow wife wives woman women yiri young younger