THE AMA-XHOSA: LIFE AND CUSTOMS by John Henderson Soga

Hardcover with dust jacket. Binding is good, but title page is partly loose. Clean inside, with mild foxing on a few pages. Published by Lovedale Press, Lovedale, C.P., South Africa with 431 pages with b/w plates (photographs). Cellotape stains on end pages. The d/j has tears along the edges, spine ends and corners.Stains on the back. Now covered with a removable plastic film. A good copy. Presumably first edition. See photographs.                                                                                              Contents: The author has written a detailed and valuable account of the Ama-Xhosa. The book is divided into two main parts: Part 1 is a historical sketch of the Ama-Xhosa tribe, including the composition of a tribe, Xhosa law, War, physical characteristics and a chapter on Kreli, the last great chief. Part 2 is devoted to the customs and life of the Xhosa tribe, being the Sociological side, including sacrifice, beliefs, charms, marriage customs, circumcision, lobola and more. No shipping overseas.