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died Jan. 27, 1983, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, Eng.
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died Jan. 27, 1983, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, Eng.
1936. “Ritual Festivals and Social Cohesion in the Hinterland of the Gold Coast.” American Anthropologist 38: 590–604.
Fortes, Meyer, and E. E. Evans-Pritchard, eds. [1940] 1994. African Political Systems. Kegan Paul International.
[1945] 1967. The Dynamics of Clanship among the Tallensi: Being the First Part of an Analysis of the Social Structure of a Trans-Volta Tribe. London:...
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