Ancestors in Africa

Selected readings
Correspondence
Mambila case material

Selected readings

1. Gluckman, M. 1937. Mortuary customs and the belief in survival after death among the South-Eastern Bantu.
2. Fortes, M. 1961. Pietas and ancestor worship.
3. Fortes, M. 1965. Some reflections on Ancestor Worship in Africa. A summary of this article in French is also avaialble.
4. Kopytoff, I. 1971. Ancestors as Elders.
5. Calhoun, C.J. 1980. The authority of ancestors: a sociological reconsideration of Fortes's Tallensi in response to Fortes's critics.

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Correspondence from Man

1. Kopytoff, I. 1981. The authority of ancestors.
2. Calhoun, C.J. 1981. The authority of ancestors.
3. Fortes, M. 1981. The authority of ancestors.
4. Drucker-Brown, S. 1981. The authority of ancestors.
5. Brain, J.L. 1982. The authority of ancestors.
6. Ruel, M. 1982. The authority of ancestors.
7. Kopytoff, I. 1982. The authority of ancestors.
8. Keesing R. 1983. Ancestors, sociology and comparative analysis.
9. Calhoun, C. 1983. Ancestors, sociology and comparative analysis.

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Mambila case material

1. Rehfisch, F. 1969. Death, Dreams and the Ancestors and Mambila Culture.
2. Zeitlyn, D. 1991. Mambila avatars and the ancestor cult: Problems of History and Interpretation.
   Part 1 DZ's summary and discussion of the literature
   Part 2 Some Mambila case material
3. Fieldnotes and photos
4. Background - an Anthropologist at the funeral

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