Machine derived contents note: List of tables; List of illustrations; Preface; Symbols used in the text; Part I. Contexts and Problems: 1. Problems; 2. The historical, political and economic setting; 3. Three divisions of central Gonja and their villages; Part II. Marriage: 4. Courtship and patterns of marriage: open connubium; 5. Establishing a marriage; 6. The conjugal relationship; 7. The termination of marriage; Part III. Kinship: 8. Parents and children; 9. Kinship and sibship; Part IV. Residence: 10. Residence: the synchronic view; 11. The developmental cycle; 12. Conclusions; Appendices; References; Index