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This work examines various features of tlie trad-itional Swazi system of land tenure, the whole set of customary rules and regulations whereby rights to use land are acquired. It also discusses the ways in which this system could inhibit essential agrarian development. Part I is primarily descriptive. It covers the main characteristics of the physical environment, and the historical background to the present situation in Swaziland. Part II starts with a discussion of the best way in which to describe and analyse a non-western tenurial system, and suggests a theoretical framework for this purpose. It moves on to deal with the different types of "land community " found among the Swazi to-day. The point is made that modern Swazi society does know "land