Spreading the Risk: The Principle of Laterality among the Chopi
- 1 April 1977
- journal article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Africa
- Vol. 47 (2) , 192-207
- https://doi.org/10.2307/1158738
Abstract
Opening ParagraphIn a recent publication, Eleanor Preston-Whyte (1974: 209) has noted the comparative ‘flexibility’ of the Tsonga and Chopi kinship systems, which allow for a greater degree of ‘individuality’ among these peoples as compared with other southern African Bantu-speaking peoples. This paper examines the place of the systems of marriage, divorce, and succession in the socio-cultural matrix which gives rise to an egocentric rather than sociocentric emphasis which is unusual in southern Africa.Keywords
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