Author: KRIGE, E. Jensen & J.D. KRIGE
Title: The Realm of a Rain-Queen - A Study of the Pattern of Lovedu Society. With a Foreword by J.C. Smuts. [Fourth Impression].
Description: London / New York / Toronto, Oxford University Press for the International African Institute, [1956]. 22 x 14.5 cm. xv,[1],335,[1] pp. Clothbound with dustjacket. With folding map in colour, and b/w illustrations on plates. - This book presents the life and culture of the Lovedu, a Bantu tribe in the Northern Transvaal. The central figure of the Lovedu is their sacred queen, Mujaji the Rain-Maker (Rider Haggard's She), who by tribal custom is destined to die by her own hand. [Flap]. - Dustjacket stained/damaged, some foxing on edges, and name onf first blank, otherwise a good copy

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