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The annual earnings of a Guerze family
Études Guinéennes • 1 • Published In 1947 • Pages: HRAF ms: 1, 11 l. [Original: 55-59 ]
By: Kourouma, Koly Kessery, Granka, Sherri L..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article, written by a Kpelle chief of the Canton of Sonkolé (Nzérékoré), presents data on the annual agricultural production, income, and expenditures of a 'typical' Guerze polygamous family. Some information is also provided in this document on exchange transactions, in the local markets, of family-produced goods (e.g., agricultural products, palm oil, mats, etc.) for weapons, tools, foods and other manufactured products.
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Kpelle
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2019
- 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
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Government Official
- Indigenous Person
- 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 ; 1986
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- NotesAdditional notes
- Koly Kourouma
- Translation of: [Le revenue annuel d'une famille Guerzé]
- Translated for the HRAF files by Sherri L. Granka
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- sv 89091236
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Kpelle (African people)