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Tears of the dead : the social biography of an African family / Richard Werbner.

Title
Tears of the dead : the social biography of an African family / Richard Werbner.
Author
Werbner, Richard P.
Publication
Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press for the International African Institute, London, c1991.

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International African Institute
Description
xi, 211 p. : ill., maps; 24 cm.
Summary
This social study illuminates 100 years of family history in Western Zimbabwe from the colonial period to the present day. It follows several generations of the Kalanaga family through the post-colonial heritage of guerrilla wars, large-scale eviction and resettlement, and near starvation.
Series Statement
International African library ; 9
Uniform Title
International African library ; 9.
Subject
  • Kalanga (African people) > Biography
  • Kalanga (African people) > Social life and customs
  • Karanga (African people) > Biography
  • Lupondo family
  • Zimbabwe > Biography
  • Zimbabwe > Genealogy
  • Zimbabwe > Social conditions
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p.[198]-201) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
ISBN
0748603042 (cased)
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library