1 Further discussion of some of the problems and descriptions in this paper can be found in the following: Melville J. Herskovits, ‘ ‘ The Culture Areas of Africa,'’ 3 Africa 59-77 (1930); Backgrounds of African Art (Denver: Denver Art Museum, 1946. 64 pp.); “Some Problems of Land Tenure in Contemporary Africa,” 28 Land Economies 37-45 (1952); “The Problem of Adapting Societies to New Tasks,” in Bert F. Hozelitz (ed.), The Progress of Underdeveloped Areas 89-112 (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1951); “The African Cultural Background in the Modern Scene,” in C. Grove Haines (ed.), Africa Today 30-49 (Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins Press, 1955); Alan P. Merriam, Congo: Background of Conflict (Evanston: Northwestern University Press, 1961. 368 p p . ) ; Simon and Phoebe Ottenberg (eds.), Cultures and Societies of Africa (New York: Eandom House, 1960. 614 pp.)