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Perspectives on Africa: A Reader in Culture, History, and Representation (Global Perspectives) (edit title)

Roy Richard Grinker, Christopher Steiner (?) (edit contributors)

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Perspectives on Africa brings key works in African studies to a wide range of readers. Forty-four articles have been selected either because they have proved to be classic and influential, or because of their significance to the current development of the field.

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Much of the history of anthropology, and of social theory in general, has been devoted to answering a central sociological question: Given that societies are made up of a multiplicity of individuals, with different interests and motivations, how do societies stay together?
 

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