Author: Shack, William A. ; & Skinner, Elliott P., editors:
Title: Strangers in African Societies
Description: Berkeley, Univ. of California Press, (1979). orig. cloth, dustwrapper. x, 325 pp,, 24x16cm, Contains 14 papers concerning Simmel & the Stranger in Africa; Historical Processes & Strangers' Roles; etc.. Minor wear. Binding corner bumps. Some page-edge spotting. VG. ¶ Includes: Donald N. Levine "Simmel at a Distance: On the History & Systematics of the Sociology of the Stranger"; William A. Shack "Open Systems & Closed Boundaries: The Ritual Process of Stranger Relations in New African States"; Monica Wilson "Strangers in Africa: Reflections on Nyakyusa, Nguni & Sotho evidence"; Hershcelle Sullivan Challenor " Strangers as Colonial Intermediaries: The Dahomeyans in Francophone Africa"; Neil O. Leighton "The Political Economy of a Stranger Population: The Lebanese of Sierra Leone"; Margaret Pell "Host Reactions: Aliens in Ghana";Niara Sudarhasa "From Stranger to Alien: The Socio-Political History of the Nigerian Yoruba in Ghana 1900-1970"; Enid Schildkraut "Ideology of Regionalism in Ghana"; Aidan Southall "White Strangers & their Religion in East Africa & Madagascar"; Christine Obbo "Village Strangers in Buganda Society"; Jessica Kuper " 'Goan' and 'Asian' in Uganda: An Analysis of Racial Identity & Cultural Categories", etc.

Keywords: African Ethnology, Sociology, West Africa, East Africa, Ethnography, Minorities, Migration, Colonial history, Ghana, Social anthropology