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Economic change and Mossi acculturation
Continuity and change in African cultures • Chicago • Published In 1959 • Pages: 238-256
By: Hammond, Peter B..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
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.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Sociocultural trends
- Traditional history
- Ethnic stratification
- Territorial hierarchy
- Household
- Priesthood
- Lineages
- Real property
- Tillage
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Mossi
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2009
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Africa
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Western Africa
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- George R. Bedell ; 1959
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1954-1956
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1895-1956
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Burkina Faso
- NotesAdditional notes
- Peter B. Hammond
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 58013135
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Mossi (African people)