book chapter
Tribal studies in northern Nigeria
Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner • London • Published In 1931 • Pages:
By: Meek, C. K. (Charles Kingsley).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The author was a government anthropologist in Nigeria when this study was published. Included in this source are data on the Katab, Kachichere, Kagoro, Kaje, Morwa, and Jaba, living in what were at the time Zaria and Plateau provinces. Most of the information is concerned with the Katab, the most numerous of the tribes. Topics discussed in greater detail than others are: tribal nomenclature, kinship structure, social customs, political structure, and religion. Of particular interest is the analysis of the social significance of a type of marriage found among the Katab and neighboring tribes in which a man elopes with a married woman. The kin groups referred to as clan and sub-clan have been indexed for 614 (Clans) and 613 (Lineages) respectively.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Identification
- Vocabulary
- Body alterations
- Dwellings
- Community structure
- Marriage
- Adoption
- Kinship
- Cult of the dead
- Congregations
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Katab
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2015
- 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 chapter
- Evaluation
- Creator TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Government Official
- 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
- Robert Lee ; 1960; Teferi Adem ; 2010; Ian Skoggard ; 2012
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1925-1930
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1925-1930
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Kaduna and Nasarawa states, Nigeria
- NotesAdditional notes
- C. K. Meek
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 32002870
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Katab (African people)