Patrilineage
"Patrilineage" in a Sentence (1 examples)
By 1770, the Xhosa branch of the Nguni-speakers were organised at three levels: patrilineages, consisting of the descendants of a known common ancestor; patriclans, composed of a number of lineages, all claiming descent from a putative common ancestor; and chiefdoms which were political units, each occupying a certain area under a chief.
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