With a new introduction by Gareth AustinThis series of Classics in African Anthropology is primarily drawn from a distinct family of texts which dominated the academic analysis of society in mid-20th century Africa. The texts reproduced are significant yet often neglected, and have stood the test of time.Polly Hill's classic study was originally published in 1963. New edition published in association with the International African InstituteNorth America: Transaction Books; Germany: Lit Verlag.