Social Change in Modern Africa: Studies Presented and Discussed at the First International African Seminar, Makerere College, Kampala, January 1959
Aidan Southall
Originally published in 1961, this book analyses economic changes in Africa and the restructuring of social relations to which this hs led. there are also detailed studies of the character of social changes in individual communities. There is a particular focus on changing kinship status and neighbourhood as the impact of modern economic conditions is felt in Tropical Africa.
Part 1: Introductory Summary A. W. Southall
1. Social Change, Demography, and Extrinsic Factors
2. Norms and Status Symbols 3. Small Groups and Social Networks 4. Kinship, Tribalism and Family Authority
5. The Position of women and the Stability of Marriage
Part 2: Special Studies 1. Anthropological Problems Arising from the African Industrial Revolution M. Gluckman
2. Social and Demographic Problems of the Southern Cameroons Plantation Area E. W. Ardener 3. Mombasa - A Modern Colonial Municipality Gordon Wilson 4. The Restructuring of Social Relationships M. Banton 5. Social Stratification in Gwelo W. B. Schwab
6. Educated Africans: Some Conceptual and Terminological Problems J. E. Goldthorpe
7. An Expenditure Study of the Congolese Évolués of Leopoldville, Belgian Congo L. Baeck
8. Mieux-Être et Promotion sociale chez les Salariés africains de Brazzaville M. R. Devauges
9. Two Small Groups in Avenue 21: Some Aspects of the System of Social Relatins in a Remote Corner of Stanleyville, Belgian Congo V. Pons
10. Kinship, Friendship and the Network of Relations in Kisenyi, Kampala A. W. Southall
11. Labour Migration as a Positive Factor in the Continuity of Tonga Tribal Society J. van Velsen
12. Kahama township, Western Province, Tanganyika R. G. Abrahams
13. Parenté et Affinités ethniques dans l'écologie du 'Grand Quartier' de New-Bell, Douala M. R. Gouellain
14. Changes in the Composition and Status of Kin Groups in Nyasaland and Northern Rhodesia D. G. Bettison
15. Trade and the Role of Wife in a Modern West African Town D. McCall
16. Second Generation Migrants in Ghana and the Ivory Coast J. Rouch
17. Family Life Among the Yoruba, Lagos, Nigeria A. Izzett
18. Social Change and the Stability of African Marriage in Northern Rhodesia J. Clyde Mitchell
Aidan Southall was a British cultural anthropologist recognised for his fieldwork in urban settings in post-war Africa. Often identified as a pioneer in the study of African cities, Southall is said to have played a significant role in the development of urban anthropology.