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1952  “A study of Hausa domestic economy in Northern Zaria.” Africa 22 (4): 333-347.

1953  "Some aspects of social structure in the British Caribbean about 1820." Social and Economic Studies 1 (4): 55-79. Reprinted in The Plural Society in the British West Indies (l965c). p. 92-115.

1953  “Secondary marriage in Northern Nigeria.” Africa 23 (4): 296-325. (Wellcome Medal Prize Essay). Reprinted in Kinship and Marriage. Paul Bohannan and John Mddleton, eds. New York: Natural History Museum Press, 1968. p. 109-130.

1954  "Slavery and emancipation in two societies." Social and Economic Studies 3 (3A): 239-290. Reprinted in The Plural Society in the British West Indies (l965c). p. 116-161.

1956  "The transformation of land rights by transmission in Carriacou." Social and Economic Studies 5 (2): 103-138. Reprinted in The Plural Society in the British West Indies (l965c). p. 221-261.

1956  "On segmentary lineage systems." Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute 86 (2): 39,80. (Curle Bequest Prize Essay). Reprinted in Corporations and Society (l974b). p. 13-70.

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1957  "Cooperation in Hausa society." Information (International Social Science Council), no. 11, 1-20.

1957  "Dark Puritan: The Life and Work of Norman Paul." Caribbean Quarterly 5 (1): 34-47; 5 (2): 85-98 (1958); 5 (4): 284-291 (1959); 6 (1): 48-59(1960).

1957  "Ethnic and cultural pluralism in the British Caribbean." In Pluralisme Ethnique et  Culturel dans les Sociétés Intertropicales/Ethnic and Cultural Pluralism in Intertropical Communities. Brussels: Institute of Differing Civilizations. p. 439-447. Reprinted in The Plural Society in the British West Indies (1965c). p. 10-17.

1957  "Family patterns in rural Jamaica." The Welfare Reporter (Kingston, Jamaica) 16 (3): 24-25, 28.

1957  "The African heritage in the Caribbean." In Caribbean Studies: A Symposium. Vera Rubin, ed. Kingston, Jamaica: University College of the West Indies in association with the Research and Training Program for the Study of Man in the Tropics, Columbia University. p. 34-46. Reprinted in 1960 by the University of Washington Press as monograph no. 34 of the American Ethnological Society.

1957  "The social functions and meaning of Hausa praise-singing." Africa 27 (1): 26-45. Reprinted in Ibadan, no. 21, October 1965, p. 81-92; and Peoples and Cultures of Africa. Elliott P. Skinner, ed. New York: Natural History Press, 1973.

1959  "The Hausa system of social status." Africa 29 (3): 239-252.

1960  "Education and occupational choice in rural Jamaica." Social and Economic Studies 9 (3): 332-354. Reprinted in The Plural Society in the British West Indies. p. 196-220. Partially reprinted in West Indian Perspectives: Consequences of Class and Color. David Lowenthal and Lambros Comitas, eds. Garden City, NY: Anchor Press/Doubleday, 1973. p. 191-197.

1960  "Kagoro political development." Human Organization 19 (3): 137-149.

1961  "Field histories among the Hausa." Journal of African History 2 (1): 87-101.

1961  "Kebbi and Hausa stratification." British Journal of Sociology 12 (l): 52-64.

1961  "Kinship and household in Carriacou." Social and Economic Studies 10 (4): 455-477.

1961  "The plural framework of Jamaican society." British Journal of Sociology 12(3): 249-262. Reprinted in West Indian Perspectives: Slaves, Free Men, Citizens. Lambros Comitas and David Lowenthal, eds. Garden City, NY: Anchor Press/Doubleday, 1973. p. 174-193; The Plural Society in the British West Indies. p. 162-175; and Race and Social Difference. P. W. Baxter, ed. London: Penguin, 1973.

1961  "West Indian culture." Caribbean Quarterly 7 (3): 112-119. Reprinted in The Plural Society in the British West Indies. p. 1-9.

1961  Comment on Jack Goody: "The classification of double descent systems." Current Anthropology 2 (l): 19-20.

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1962  "History and social anthropology." Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute 92 (1): 73-85.

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1962  "Short-range prospects in the British Caribbean." Social and Economic Studies 11 (4): 392-408. Reprinted in The Plural Society in the British West Indies . p. 304-321. Partially reprinted in Readings in Government and Politics of the West Indies. A. W. Singham et al, comps. Kingston, Jamaica: n.p., n.d. p. 390-398.

1963  "Aimless, wandering, adolescent groups." In The Adolescent in the Changing Caribbean: Proceedings of the 3rd Caribbean Conference for Mental Health, University College of the West Indies, Jamaica, Apri1 4-11, 1961. p. 78-79, 84.

1964  "Historical and cultural conditions of political corruption among the Hausa." Comparative Studies in Society and History 6 (2): 164-194.

1971  "A note on truth, fact and tradition in Carriacou." Caribbean Quarterly 17 (3-4): 128-138.

1980  "After secondary marriage, what?" Ethnology 19 (3): 265-277.

1982  "Cosmology, practice and social organization among the Kadara and Kagoro." Ethnology 21 (1): 1-20.

1982  "The study of needs and provisions for social assistance." Social and Economic Studies 31 (3): 37-57.

1983  "Robotham's ideology and pluralism: a reply." Social and Economic Studies 32 (2): 103-139.

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1983  "The role of basic needs and provisions in planning and development." Canadian Journal of Native Studies 3 (2): 341-360.

1984  "Some future directions for social research in the Commonwealth Caribbean." Social and Economic Studies 33 (2): 123-155.

1984  “The nature and variety of plural units.” In The Prospects for Plural Societies, 1982 Proceedings of the American Ethnological Society. David Maybury-Lewis (Ed.). Washington, DC, 1984, pp. 146-186.

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1984 “Comment on Austin’s ‘Culture and Ideology in the English-speaking Caribbean’.” In American Ethnologist 11 (1): 183-85. 

1987  "Pluralism: comment on an ideological analysis." Social and Economic Studies 36 (4): 157-191

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1990  (with Mary F. Smith) "Kyanship & kinship among the Tarok." Africa 60 (2): 242-269.

1991  "The RISM-Spencer study of education and society in the Caribbean." In Education and Society in the Commonwealth Caribbean. Errol Miller, ed. Mona, Kingston, Jamaica: Institute of Social and Economic Research, University of the West Indies, with the assistance of the Research Institute for the Study of Man, New York. p. 7-14.