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Matriliny in the Throes of Change: Kinship, Descent and Marriage in Luapula, Zambia. Part One*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 January 2012

Karla O. Poewe
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The research upon which this paper is based was carried out over a period of about 18 months in the Luapula Province of Zambia. I first spent a month in Ntoto fishing camp, which is located about 15 km north of Kashikishi village on the slopes of Lake Mweru. For a year after that I conducted research in Kashikishi, a large village (about 1,500 population) adjacent to the southeastern shore of Lake Mweru. I then spentfour months in Lukwesa, which is situated about 130 km south of Kashikishi on the Luapula River, which flows into the lake. Finally, I spent an additional month in other smaller villages along the river. By these changes of locale I attempted to cover the area researched by Cunnison in 1949 (published in 1959), and to record some of the variability in kinship, economic, and religious activities within the river and lake region.

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Africa , Volume 48 , Issue 3 , July 1978 , pp. 205 - 218
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Copyright © International African Institute 1978

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