Auction 354 Non European Civilizations - Africa
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RATTRAY, R.S. Some folk-lore stories and songs in Chinyanja. W. English transl and notes. Lond., Soc. for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1907. 224 pp. Sm-8°. Ocl. (Lower spine end a bit chipped).

Robert Sutherland Rattray, GBE, known as Captain R. S. Rattray (1881-1938), was a barrister and held a diploma in Anthropology from Oxford. He was an early Africanist and student of the Ashanti. He was one of the early writers on Oware, and on Ashanti gold weights. Very rare.

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