C M N White
Biographic Data
| ID | 85834 |
|---|---|
| NAME | C M N White |
| GIVEN NAMES | C M N |
| FAMILY NAME | White |
| SIGNATURE | WHITE C M N |
| AFFILIATIONS | National Institute of Public Administration |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 25 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 60 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 25 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1944 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1971 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Matrimonial Cases in the Local Courts of Zambia
This paper examines what topics are dealt with in matrimonial cases before the local courts in Zambia and, to some extent, what topics in customary law relating to marriage are not dealt with in such cases. It does not explore the conceptual limits of a definition of customary law, nor does it imply that the adjudications of local courts are the only source from which to establish customary law relating to marriage. The scope of matrimonial cases…
An African's Religion, the Spirit of Nyajena: Case History of a Karanga People
Kingdoms of the Savanna
African Customary Law: The Problem of Concept and Definition
There is no single definition of customary law agreed by lawyers, jurists, social anthropologists and others who may be concerned with it. This in itself is not surprising for both “custom” and “law” may be used in a number of differing senses depending upon the requirements of a writer's approach. The fact that these terms may mean different things to different persons in different contexts is not in itself important. But the place of customary …
The Changing Scope of Urban Native Courts in Northern Rhodesia
Courts administering African customary law in addition, as a rule, to statute law within specified limits, have been characteristic of territories in Africa with a background of British colonial administration. Such courts operate or operated in both urban and rural areas and have been known at various times in different territories as native courts, local courts or customary courts. A general account of these courts and the nature of the dualism…
The ethno‐history of the upper Zambezi
1962). The ethno‐history of the upper Zambezi. African Studies: Vol. 21, No. 1, pp. 10-27
Land Tenure and Village Structure Among the Luvale Compared with Other Northern Rhodesian Tribes
A note on Luvale joking relations
SYNOPSIS This paper supplements an earlier one1 on some aspects of Luvale social organization, and is especially intended to remove ambiguities which may be found in the brief reference therein to joking relations. Joking relations are now shown to occur between certain types of kin, but not between members of the same matrilineage. What are primarily joking relations based on kinship are extended into certain friendship relations, and also certa…
Comparative aspects of Luvale female puberty ritual
SYNOPSIS The Luvale female puberty ritual is examined against the comparative background of the Bemba rites, recently described by Dr A. Richards. The main contrasting features of Luvale and Bemba society are outlined. The sequences of events in the rites are then compared. The significance of the Luvale string games to take the place of the Bemba mbusa is of special note here. The interpretation of the Luvale ceremony is considered to bear out m…
Clan, Chieftainship, and Slavery in Luvale Political Organization
Opening ParagraphThe Luvale in Northern Rhodesia came under British administration in the early years of the present century, the first Government headquarters in Balovale district having been established in 1907. Some time previously, about 1892, they had already come under pressure from the Lozi to the south as a result of Lozi intervention in the war between the Luvale and the Lunda. When, therefore, the Barotseland protectorate was establishe…
The role of hunting and fishing in Luvale society
SYNOPSIS The scope of hunting and fishing in Luvale economy and society is described. Both are branches of a single Luvale concept, but of contrasting importance both in their place in the economy and their status in the field of ritual. In hunting the central point is the specialist hunter whose ritualized position is described. Fishing is outlined in relation to ecology and the annual cycle of the seasons, with details of techniques, rituals as…
Factors in the social organization of the Luvale
SYNOPSIS The present account is the first to be prepared giving an outline of the social organization of the Luvale (or Lwena) of north western Northern Rhodesia and adjacent areas of Angola. The clans, matrilineal kinship unit, social distance within the latter, secondary patrilineal affiliations and links created by marriage, factors determining residence of the individual, tribal factors making for cohesion, and friendship contracts, are discu…
Notes on the mungongi ritual of the Balovale tribes
SYNOPSIS The mungongi ritual of the Lunda, Luvale, Luchazi and Chokwe is the means of entry into an association which in the past discharged funerary duties. The account of the initiation here presented is believed to be the first to be published and earlier information on the mungongi and its role in society is critically examined. The initiated become tudangu whose different titles and activities are described and examples of their secret langu…
Notes on the circumcision rites of the Balovale tribes
SYNOPSIS Data collected in the Mwinilunga, Balovale and Kabompo districts of Northern Rhodesia,are presented on the circumcision rites of the Lunda, Luvale, Luchazi and Chokwe whence no observations have hitherto been published. The dual role of the rites on one hand internally and onthe other externally is pointed out; the sequence of the rites is described and attention is drawn to variations in some aspects between the tribes concerned. Refere…
Conservatism and Modern Adaptation in Luvale Female Puberty Ritual
Opening ParagraphThe present account of Luvale female puberty rites has a twofold object. Firstly to provide a short factual description of the ritual, on which existing information is scanty. Data from the Luvale provide the basis of the present notes, but occasional reference is made to the allied tribes. Secondly an attempt is made to estimate how far the rites have been affected by present-day influences
Notes on the political organization of the Kabompo districts and its inhabitants
SYNOPSIS The Kabompo district in the north‐west of Northern Rhodesia is to‐day largely peopled by Lwena, Luchazi and Chokwe who have moved in from Angola within the last thirty years. Their political and territorial organization in Angola is contrasted with the present organization of the Manyinga Native Authority in the Kabompo district in the light of the history of the chieftainship of Sikufele, the senior Native Authority of the area. The imm…
The Classification of the Bantu Languages
Journal Article The Classification of the Bantu Languages Get access The Classification of the Bantu Languages. M. Guthrie. London: Oxford University Press (For International African Institute). 1948. Pp. 91. 8/6. C. M. N. WHITE C. M. N. WHITE Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar African Affairs, Volume 48, Issue 191, April 1949, Pages 164–165, https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.afraf.a093723 Published: 01 …
Stratification and Modern Changes in an Ancestral Cult
The present notes concern the Lwena, Chokwe, and Luchazi immigrants of the north-west of Northern Rhodesia, commonly referred to as the Balovale tribes. Like other Central African Bantu they are animists, and their ancestors through the ancestral cult form an essential element in the community of the living and the dead. The spirits of the ancestors are of communal significance to the kinship group to which they belong, and they are also of indiv…
Notes on some metaphysical concepts of the Balovale tribes
The supreme being in the beliefs of the Balovale tribes
1948). The supreme being in the beliefs of the Balovale tribes. African Studies: Vol. 7, No. 1, pp. 29-35
Witchcraft Divination and Magic among the Balovale Tribes
Belief in witchcraft was a characteristic of the Middle Ages and earlier in Europe, and a witch was executed there as late as 1782. Belief in witchcraft does not therefore place the African automatically in a special category of mankind; it is the result of being born and brought up in a society in which it is inherent. Broadly speaking a belief in witchcraft is a belief in a theory of cause and effect. It is a species of logic to explain why cer…
A comparative survey of the verb forms in four languages of the west central Bantu group
Books in review
Customary Law of the Haya Tribe. By Hans Cory and M. M. Hartnoll. 1945. Lund, Humphries. 299 pp. 30s. Doctor or Witch‐Doctor? The Old Medicine and the New. By dr. G. W. Gale. Johannesburg. South African Institute of Race Relations. Price 3d. Lunda Handbook. By W.S. and M.K. Fisher. Printed at Mutshatsha, Congo Belge. 1944 178 pp. 5s. Notes on Form and Structure in Bantu Speech. By E. O. Ashton. Mem. XX 1945. Oxford University Press for the Intern…
Notes on the qualificative concords in four languages of the West Central Zone
1945). Notes on the qualificative concords in four languages of the West Central Zone. African Studies: Vol. 4, No. 2, pp. 88-96
The noun prefixes of the west-central zone of Bantu languages
Witchcraft Divination and Magic among the Balovale Tribes
Belief in witchcraft was a characteristic of the Middle Ages and earlier in Europe, and a witch was executed there as late as 1782. Belief in witchcraft does not therefore place the African automatically in a special category of mankind; it is the result of being born and brought up in a society in which it is inherent. Broadly speaking a belief in witchcraft is a belief in a theory of cause and effect. It is a species of logic to explain why cer…
The role of hunting and fishing in Luvale society
SYNOPSIS The scope of hunting and fishing in Luvale economy and society is described. Both are branches of a single Luvale concept, but of contrasting importance both in their place in the economy and their status in the field of ritual. In hunting the central point is the specialist hunter whose ritualized position is described. Fishing is outlined in relation to ecology and the annual cycle of the seasons, with details of techniques, rituals as…
Factors in the social organization of the Luvale
SYNOPSIS The present account is the first to be prepared giving an outline of the social organization of the Luvale (or Lwena) of north western Northern Rhodesia and adjacent areas of Angola. The clans, matrilineal kinship unit, social distance within the latter, secondary patrilineal affiliations and links created by marriage, factors determining residence of the individual, tribal factors making for cohesion, and friendship contracts, are discu…
Notes on the circumcision rites of the Balovale tribes
SYNOPSIS Data collected in the Mwinilunga, Balovale and Kabompo districts of Northern Rhodesia,are presented on the circumcision rites of the Lunda, Luvale, Luchazi and Chokwe whence no observations have hitherto been published. The dual role of the rites on one hand internally and onthe other externally is pointed out; the sequence of the rites is described and attention is drawn to variations in some aspects between the tribes concerned. Refere…
The ethno‐history of the upper Zambezi
1962). The ethno‐history of the upper Zambezi. African Studies: Vol. 21, No. 1, pp. 10-27
Clan, Chieftainship, and Slavery in Luvale Political Organization
Opening ParagraphThe Luvale in Northern Rhodesia came under British administration in the early years of the present century, the first Government headquarters in Balovale district having been established in 1907. Some time previously, about 1892, they had already come under pressure from the Lozi to the south as a result of Lozi intervention in the war between the Luvale and the Lunda. When, therefore, the Barotseland protectorate was establishe…
Conservatism and Modern Adaptation in Luvale Female Puberty Ritual
Opening ParagraphThe present account of Luvale female puberty rites has a twofold object. Firstly to provide a short factual description of the ritual, on which existing information is scanty. Data from the Luvale provide the basis of the present notes, but occasional reference is made to the allied tribes. Secondly an attempt is made to estimate how far the rites have been affected by present-day influences
Stratification and Modern Changes in an Ancestral Cult
The present notes concern the Lwena, Chokwe, and Luchazi immigrants of the north-west of Northern Rhodesia, commonly referred to as the Balovale tribes. Like other Central African Bantu they are animists, and their ancestors through the ancestral cult form an essential element in the community of the living and the dead. The spirits of the ancestors are of communal significance to the kinship group to which they belong, and they are also of indiv…
Notes on some metaphysical concepts of the Balovale tribes
The supreme being in the beliefs of the Balovale tribes
1948). The supreme being in the beliefs of the Balovale tribes. African Studies: Vol. 7, No. 1, pp. 29-35
A comparative survey of the verb forms in four languages of the west central Bantu group
An African's Religion, the Spirit of Nyajena: Case History of a Karanga People
Comparative aspects of Luvale female puberty ritual
SYNOPSIS The Luvale female puberty ritual is examined against the comparative background of the Bemba rites, recently described by Dr A. Richards. The main contrasting features of Luvale and Bemba society are outlined. The sequences of events in the rites are then compared. The significance of the Luvale string games to take the place of the Bemba mbusa is of special note here. The interpretation of the Luvale ceremony is considered to bear out m…
Notes on the mungongi ritual of the Balovale tribes
SYNOPSIS The mungongi ritual of the Lunda, Luvale, Luchazi and Chokwe is the means of entry into an association which in the past discharged funerary duties. The account of the initiation here presented is believed to be the first to be published and earlier information on the mungongi and its role in society is critically examined. The initiated become tudangu whose different titles and activities are described and examples of their secret langu…
Notes on the political organization of the Kabompo districts and its inhabitants
SYNOPSIS The Kabompo district in the north‐west of Northern Rhodesia is to‐day largely peopled by Lwena, Luchazi and Chokwe who have moved in from Angola within the last thirty years. Their political and territorial organization in Angola is contrasted with the present organization of the Manyinga Native Authority in the Kabompo district in the light of the history of the chieftainship of Sikufele, the senior Native Authority of the area. The imm…
Notes on the qualificative concords in four languages of the West Central Zone
1945). Notes on the qualificative concords in four languages of the West Central Zone. African Studies: Vol. 4, No. 2, pp. 88-96
The noun prefixes of the west-central zone of Bantu languages
The noun prefixes of the west-central zone of Bantu languages
Notes on the qualificative concords in four languages of the West Central Zone
1945). Notes on the qualificative concords in four languages of the West Central Zone. African Studies: Vol. 4, No. 2, pp. 88-96
Books in review
Customary Law of the Haya Tribe. By Hans Cory and M. M. Hartnoll. 1945. Lund, Humphries. 299 pp. 30s. Doctor or Witch‐Doctor? The Old Medicine and the New. By dr. G. W. Gale. Johannesburg. South African Institute of Race Relations. Price 3d. Lunda Handbook. By W.S. and M.K. Fisher. Printed at Mutshatsha, Congo Belge. 1944 178 pp. 5s. Notes on Form and Structure in Bantu Speech. By E. O. Ashton. Mem. XX 1945. Oxford University Press for the Intern…
A comparative survey of the verb forms in four languages of the west central Bantu group
Notes on some metaphysical concepts of the Balovale tribes
The supreme being in the beliefs of the Balovale tribes
1948). The supreme being in the beliefs of the Balovale tribes. African Studies: Vol. 7, No. 1, pp. 29-35
Witchcraft Divination and Magic among the Balovale Tribes
Belief in witchcraft was a characteristic of the Middle Ages and earlier in Europe, and a witch was executed there as late as 1782. Belief in witchcraft does not therefore place the African automatically in a special category of mankind; it is the result of being born and brought up in a society in which it is inherent. Broadly speaking a belief in witchcraft is a belief in a theory of cause and effect. It is a species of logic to explain why cer…
The Classification of the Bantu Languages
Journal Article The Classification of the Bantu Languages Get access The Classification of the Bantu Languages. M. Guthrie. London: Oxford University Press (For International African Institute). 1948. Pp. 91. 8/6. C. M. N. WHITE C. M. N. WHITE Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar African Affairs, Volume 48, Issue 191, April 1949, Pages 164–165, https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.afraf.a093723 Published: 01 …
Stratification and Modern Changes in an Ancestral Cult
The present notes concern the Lwena, Chokwe, and Luchazi immigrants of the north-west of Northern Rhodesia, commonly referred to as the Balovale tribes. Like other Central African Bantu they are animists, and their ancestors through the ancestral cult form an essential element in the community of the living and the dead. The spirits of the ancestors are of communal significance to the kinship group to which they belong, and they are also of indiv…
Notes on the political organization of the Kabompo districts and its inhabitants
SYNOPSIS The Kabompo district in the north‐west of Northern Rhodesia is to‐day largely peopled by Lwena, Luchazi and Chokwe who have moved in from Angola within the last thirty years. Their political and territorial organization in Angola is contrasted with the present organization of the Manyinga Native Authority in the Kabompo district in the light of the history of the chieftainship of Sikufele, the senior Native Authority of the area. The imm…
Notes on the circumcision rites of the Balovale tribes
SYNOPSIS Data collected in the Mwinilunga, Balovale and Kabompo districts of Northern Rhodesia,are presented on the circumcision rites of the Lunda, Luvale, Luchazi and Chokwe whence no observations have hitherto been published. The dual role of the rites on one hand internally and onthe other externally is pointed out; the sequence of the rites is described and attention is drawn to variations in some aspects between the tribes concerned. Refere…
Conservatism and Modern Adaptation in Luvale Female Puberty Ritual
Opening ParagraphThe present account of Luvale female puberty rites has a twofold object. Firstly to provide a short factual description of the ritual, on which existing information is scanty. Data from the Luvale provide the basis of the present notes, but occasional reference is made to the allied tribes. Secondly an attempt is made to estimate how far the rites have been affected by present-day influences
Notes on the mungongi ritual of the Balovale tribes
SYNOPSIS The mungongi ritual of the Lunda, Luvale, Luchazi and Chokwe is the means of entry into an association which in the past discharged funerary duties. The account of the initiation here presented is believed to be the first to be published and earlier information on the mungongi and its role in society is critically examined. The initiated become tudangu whose different titles and activities are described and examples of their secret langu…
Factors in the social organization of the Luvale
SYNOPSIS The present account is the first to be prepared giving an outline of the social organization of the Luvale (or Lwena) of north western Northern Rhodesia and adjacent areas of Angola. The clans, matrilineal kinship unit, social distance within the latter, secondary patrilineal affiliations and links created by marriage, factors determining residence of the individual, tribal factors making for cohesion, and friendship contracts, are discu…
The role of hunting and fishing in Luvale society
SYNOPSIS The scope of hunting and fishing in Luvale economy and society is described. Both are branches of a single Luvale concept, but of contrasting importance both in their place in the economy and their status in the field of ritual. In hunting the central point is the specialist hunter whose ritualized position is described. Fishing is outlined in relation to ecology and the annual cycle of the seasons, with details of techniques, rituals as…
Clan, Chieftainship, and Slavery in Luvale Political Organization
Opening ParagraphThe Luvale in Northern Rhodesia came under British administration in the early years of the present century, the first Government headquarters in Balovale district having been established in 1907. Some time previously, about 1892, they had already come under pressure from the Lozi to the south as a result of Lozi intervention in the war between the Luvale and the Lunda. When, therefore, the Barotseland protectorate was establishe…
A note on Luvale joking relations
SYNOPSIS This paper supplements an earlier one1 on some aspects of Luvale social organization, and is especially intended to remove ambiguities which may be found in the brief reference therein to joking relations. Joking relations are now shown to occur between certain types of kin, but not between members of the same matrilineage. What are primarily joking relations based on kinship are extended into certain friendship relations, and also certa…
Comparative aspects of Luvale female puberty ritual
SYNOPSIS The Luvale female puberty ritual is examined against the comparative background of the Bemba rites, recently described by Dr A. Richards. The main contrasting features of Luvale and Bemba society are outlined. The sequences of events in the rites are then compared. The significance of the Luvale string games to take the place of the Bemba mbusa is of special note here. The interpretation of the Luvale ceremony is considered to bear out m…
Land Tenure and Village Structure Among the Luvale Compared with Other Northern Rhodesian Tribes
The ethno‐history of the upper Zambezi
1962). The ethno‐history of the upper Zambezi. African Studies: Vol. 21, No. 1, pp. 10-27
The Changing Scope of Urban Native Courts in Northern Rhodesia
Courts administering African customary law in addition, as a rule, to statute law within specified limits, have been characteristic of territories in Africa with a background of British colonial administration. Such courts operate or operated in both urban and rural areas and have been known at various times in different territories as native courts, local courts or customary courts. A general account of these courts and the nature of the dualism…
African Customary Law: The Problem of Concept and Definition
There is no single definition of customary law agreed by lawyers, jurists, social anthropologists and others who may be concerned with it. This in itself is not surprising for both “custom” and “law” may be used in a number of differing senses depending upon the requirements of a writer's approach. The fact that these terms may mean different things to different persons in different contexts is not in itself important. But the place of customary …
Kingdoms of the Savanna
An African's Religion, the Spirit of Nyajena: Case History of a Karanga People
Matrimonial Cases in the Local Courts of Zambia
This paper examines what topics are dealt with in matrimonial cases before the local courts in Zambia and, to some extent, what topics in customary law relating to marriage are not dealt with in such cases. It does not explore the conceptual limits of a definition of customary law, nor does it imply that the adjudications of local courts are the only source from which to establish customary law relating to marriage. The scope of matrimonial cases…
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