With a new introduction by Henrietta MooreThe volumes collected in this series were the product of two programmes of publications and research, one in the 1930s and the other in the 1950s. The series as a whole is designed to provide an academic analysis of society in mid-20th century Africa through these texts.Audrey Richard's original study was published in 1939. New edition published in association with the International African InstituteNorth America: Transaction Books;Germany: Lit Verlag