Seven Tribes of British Central Africa

Accession Number	AA-WEB-0107
Author / Creator	Edited by Elizabeth Colson and Max Gluckman
Publisher	Published on behalf of The Rhodes-Livingstone Institute, Northern Rhodesia, by Manchester University Press; first published 1951 by Oxford University Press, London
Year	1951
Record Type	Book
Collection	Website Only
Subject	Anthropology
Geography	Northern Rhodesia
Access Status	In House — Abantu Archives, Harare

Archival Significance

Edited by Elizabeth Colson and Max Gluckman, both major figures in the Manchester School of social anthropology and closely associated with the Rhodes-Livingstone Institute, this edited collection is a foundational text of Central African ethnographic scholarship.

Institutional Context

Published on behalf of the Rhodes-Livingstone Institute, Northern Rhodesia, by Manchester University Press, following its original 1951 publication by Oxford University Press.

Content Summary

Presents ethnographic studies of seven distinct peoples across British Central Africa, contributed by Rhodes-Livingstone Institute researchers.

Research Utility

A foundational reference for researchers of Central African ethnography and of the Manchester School’s influential approach to social anthropology developed through the Rhodes-Livingstone Institute.

Abantu Archives Note

Held in-house.