Author: Santos Júnior, Joaquim Rodrigues dos.
Title: Contribuïçao para o estudo da antropologia de Moçambique. Algumas tribos do distrito de Tete.
Description: Porto, Tip. Mendonça, 1944. 412 pp. 204 b./w. figs on 73 plts. Orig. printed wrappers, cover worn; spine dam. & spotted. (República Portuguesa. Ministério das Colo´nias. [...] Memórias série Antropológica Etnplógica II). Rather rare study of the anthropology of Mozambique. Describing a.o. some tribes from the district of Tete. - Text in Portuguese.With a signed dedication in ink on the title-page to Prof. R[aymond] Vauffrey by the author, dated Maio 1947 - - Joaquim Rodrigues dos Santos Júnior (1901 - 1990) graduated in Historical-Natural Sciences from the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto in 1923 and in Medicine from the respective Faculty of the same University in 1932. He received his doctorate in 1944 and took the exam for Extraordinary Professor in 1948. Santos Júnior was one of the first to study the Portuguese overseas territories in the fields of ethnography, anthropology and archaeology. He carried out several anthropological study missions to Africa, namely between 1936 and 1948. He was a disciple and follower of Professor Mendes Correia, namely as director of the Anthropology Institute of the University of Porto, which bears the name of that distinguished researcher. He has published many dozens of works and several books, namely dealing with Anthropology, Ethnography, Prehistory and Zoology.

Keywords: Ethnography Africa Mozambique Etnografie Afrika