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" The tribal system in South Africa : "
Schapera, Isaac
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Latin Dissertation
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1098460
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TLets543132
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Schapera, Isaac
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The tribal system in South Africa :\ Schapera, Isaac
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London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
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1929
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1929
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Ph.D.
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| Abstract
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By the end of the Seventeenth century, when the Dutchsettlement at the Cape was already firmly established, and thefoundation had thus been laid for the present politicaldominance of the white man in the country, Africa south of theKunene Okavango and Zambesi Rivers was inhabited by a considerate.number of different native peoples On the basis ofracial, linguistic and cultural distinction, these can all beclassified into four main stocks, commonly known as the Bushmen,the Hottentots, the Bergdama and the Bantu respectively.The Bushmen are a short, brownish-yellow people, withcertain peculiar and racial characteristics, they allspeak languages of a uniform, well-defined and easily recognizabletype, phonetically remarkable especially for the great prevalenceof click consonant; and they practice neither agriculture norpastoralism, but live in small separate commutative which lead anomadic hunting and collecting existence.
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DT Africa
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GN Anthropology
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HT Communities. Classes. Races
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London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
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