Tribal Innovators: Tswana Chiefs and Social Change 1795-1940

by Isaac Schapera

This book is a completely revised version of a study published in 1943. That study, entitled Tribal Legislation among the Tswana of the Bechuanaland Protectorate, dealt with the role of chiefs as agents of social change and, in particular, with the changes they brought about by making new laws. It described the various kinds of legislative process current among the Tswana, and reviewed systematically the content and scope of the many laws made, from...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367717190
• ISBN13: 9780367717193
• Release Date: March 2021
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 8.4"