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The Kpelle of Liberia
Peoples of Africa • New York • Published In 1965 • Pages: 197-240
By: Gibbs, James L..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article presents an excellent culture summary of the Liberian Kpelle, particularly those living in Panta Chiefdom. The Kpelle of Guinea, known as the Guerzé, are not discussed. Given special emphasis in the source are: economy, the community and territorial organization, the life cycle, stratification, political organization, the tribal societies (e.g., the Poro and Sande societies), law, religion, and cultural change. This document presents a good cultural background for further studies on these peoples.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Tillage
- Community structure
- Lineages
- Social control
- General character of religion
- Marriage
- Sodalities
- Household
- Towns
- Classes
- Chief executive
- Sociocultural trends
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Kpelle
- 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
- John Beierle ; 1984
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1957-1958
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1950-1965
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Liberia
- NotesAdditional notes
- James L. Gibbs, Jr.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 236-240)and index
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 65010276
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Kpelle (African people)