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Extracted from text ... 144 HONOUR IN AFRICAN HISTORY Honour: 'The Linking Theme' in African History ALAN KIRKALDY University of Venda All of us are no doubt familiar with concepts of honour amongst the ancient Greeks, the Japanese and in Islam. The more specialist reader will have encountered studies of honour in societies such as those found in Aztec Mexico, early medieval Europe, early South India and Melanesia. As a result of the prevalence of Islam, and its contacts with the Mediterranean world, there is also an extensive volume of literature about honour in North Africa. However, almost nothing has been written on the ..

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