Paul Bohannan
9 books
About the Author
Paul Bohannan was an influential anthropologist whose fieldwork and scholarship illuminated social organization, law, exchange, and cultural change in Africa. Best known for his studies of the Tiv of central Nigeria, he combined careful ethnographic observation with a comparative approach to justice, markets, subsistence, and political life. His writing helped broaden understandings of how legal and economic systems operate across cultures, making his work valuable to students and scholars of anthropology, African studies, and sociology. Through accessible yet rigorous analysis, Bohannan documented African societies with historical depth and enduring relevance.
Common genres
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analytical
comparative
ethnographic
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