The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 8John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell The University Press, 1963 - Great Britain |
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... tribes " , each with its own language and name . These tribes have been classified , primarily on linguistic grounds , into three separate groups : Southern , Northern , and Central.1 ( a ) The Southern Group lived mainly in the central ...
... tribes " , each with its own language and name . These tribes have been classified , primarily on linguistic grounds , into three separate groups : Southern , Northern , and Central.1 ( a ) The Southern Group lived mainly in the central ...
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... tribes , possibly more than a thousand in all.1 Each tribe occupied its own territory and managed its own affairs under a Chief who was independent of any higher authority . Tribes varied greatly in size ; some had as many as 20,000 ...
... tribes , possibly more than a thousand in all.1 Each tribe occupied its own territory and managed its own affairs under a Chief who was independent of any higher authority . Tribes varied greatly in size ; some had as many as 20,000 ...
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... TRIBAL LIFE AMONGST the primitive cultures of the world that of the South African tribes at the time of their first contact with the European colonists takes a high place . Their languages and social organi- sation were highly developed ...
... TRIBAL LIFE AMONGST the primitive cultures of the world that of the South African tribes at the time of their first contact with the European colonists takes a high place . Their languages and social organi- sation were highly developed ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
Southern African Rivers | 7 |
The Karoo and the Kalahari | 15 |
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