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Culture summary: Akan

HRAFNew Haven, Conn.Published In 2000 • Pages:

By: Gilbert, Michelle, Lagacé, Robert O., Skoggard, Ian A..

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a culture summary of the Akan.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Identification
Culture summary
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Akan
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2000
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.
4: Excellent Secondary Data
AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
Leon G. Doyon ; 2004
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
no date
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
not specified
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, and Togo
NotesAdditional notes
Michelle Gilbert, Robert O. Lagacé, and Ian Skoggard
The culture summary is compiled from the works of three authors, Michelle Gilbert [MG], Robert O. Lagacé [ROL], and Ian Skoggard [IS]. Michelle Gilbert's complete article, "Akan," in the Encyclopedia of World Cultures, Vol. 9, Africa and the Middle East, John Middleton, Amal Rassam, Candice Bradley, and Laurel L. Rose, eds. Boston, Mass.: G. K. Hall & Co. 1995. Robert O. Lagacé's complete article, "Twi" in Sixty Cultures: A Guide To The HRAF Probability Files, Robert O. Lagacé, ed. New Haven, Conn.: Human Relations Area Files, Inc., 1977. Ian Skoggard is entirely responsible for the selection and editing of the above works.
Includes bibliographical references
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Akan (African people)