essay
Economic change and Mossi acculturation
continuity and change in african cultures • Chicago • Published In 1959 • Pages: 238-256
By: Hammond, Peter B..
Abstract
This article is concerned primarily with the changes in the culture of those Mossi who have been resettled in the area of the recently developed Niger Irrigation Project. As a background to his statements on such changes, the author presents a survey of Mossi political and social organization, the traditional agricultural and trading economy, a few aspects of the religion which are closely related to the economy, and a brief description of the economic cycle and the calendar of ceremonial observances which mark its phases. The principal adjustments discussed with regard to the resettlement are related to new introductions in technology, the influence of Islam on the pagan religion, and the change from residence rules and social groupings based on kinship to those which are determined by the administration. The author was a member of the faculty in the department of anthropology and sociology of the University of Pittsburgh.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2009
- Region
- Africa
- Sub Region
- Western Africa
- Document Type
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- George R. Bedell ; 1959
- Field Date
- 1954-1956
- Coverage Date
- 1895-1956
- Coverage Place
- Burkina Faso
- Notes
- Peter B. Hammond
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCN
- 58013135
- LCSH
- Mossi (African people)