Book
Among the Ibos of Nigeria: an account of the curious and interesting habits, customs and beliefs of a little known African people by one who has for many years lived amongst them on close and intimate terms
Cass • London • Published In 1966 • Pages:
By: Basden, George Thomas.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a record of the author's observations and experiences among the Igbo people during his initial visit to Nigeria in the period of 1900-1920. Although Basden was a keen observer of native customs, especially in regard to material culture, the extent of his actual observations of such things as warfare, human sacrifices, and cannibalism is not clear. It seems likely that much of these data came from native informants. The source touches on all aspects of Igbo ethnography, but is especially detailed on sex status, slavery, funeral rites, yam and palm cultivation, arts and crafts, warfare, religion (including human sacrifice), status achievement, the oracles, and the effects of missionization (last two chapters). (For a more detailed listing of contents, see Category 128, pp. 13-14.) As a whole, the source provides a good general background for more intensive studies on the Igbo.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Gender status
- Burial practices and funerals
- Mourning
- Vegetable production
- Arboriculture
- Prayers and sacrifices
- Slavery
- Instigation of war
- Warfare
- Inter-community relations
- Magicians and diviners
- Judicial authority
- Missions
- Status, role, and prestige
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Igbo
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2003
- 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
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Missionary
- 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 ; 1980
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1900-1920
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1900-1920
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Nigeria
- NotesAdditional notes
- George T. Basden
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-312) and index
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 66070427
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Igbo (African people)