Matrilineal Succession in Africa: How Power Passed Through Women
How matrilineal descent worked in Africa — sister’s sons, the matrilineal puzzle, positional succession, the Akan and Bemba systems, and the modern collision with statutory law.
Matrilineal and other succession systems that enabled female political power.
How matrilineal descent worked in Africa — sister’s sons, the matrilineal puzzle, positional succession, the Akan and Bemba systems, and the modern collision with statutory law.