Tribes Without Rulers: Studies in African Segmentary Systems

African age-set agnatic descent agnatic descent group Amba apical ancestor Apuk associated Bohannan Bora Bwamba camp cattle cattle-camp chiefdom chiefs chiefship clan clan and district client common compound cult Dagomba descent groups Dinka Dinkaland dry season eages Elder Evans-Pritchard exogamous group family cluster feud fighting fishing spear genealogical ghosts hamlet igba individual ipaven ityô Iyon jural community killed kinship Kitiak Konkomba Land Shrine land-owning line largest lineage segmentation lineage system linked Lugbara major lineage Mandari marriage maximal lineage MbaKyar minimal minor mother's brothers neighbouring nongo nuclear lineages Nuer organization Paghol pastures political authority political groups political segments political system political unit relations relationship rites ritual sacrifice segmentary segmentary lineage senior settlement single social societies of Group sons spearmasters subclan sublineages subtribe Tallensi territorial tion tribal groups unilineal descent utar village warfare whole witchcraft