essay

The Kede: a riverain state in northern Nigeria

African political systemsLondonPublished In 1940 • Pages: 164-195

By: Nadel, S. F. (Siegfried Frederick).

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a study of the political organization of the Kede, a completely Islamized section of the Nupe tribe living on the Niger and Kaduna Rivers. Their economic pursuits and general social life center around the rivers on which they live. Thus, their social and cultural life, as well as their political organization, present features which are absent in the rest of Nupe. Among the topics discussed are: demography; history and settlement pattern; political organization; social stratification; economic organization; and the evolution of the Kede state, all of which are discussed from a functional standpoint.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Districts
Cultural participation
Functional and adaptational interpretations
Theoretical orientation in research and its results
Tribe and nation
Settlement patterns
Traditional history
Classes
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Nupe
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2014
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
Timothy J. O'Leary ; 1958
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1934-1936
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1934-1936
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Kede people, southern Niger state, Nigeria
NotesAdditional notes
By S. F. Nadel
Includes bibliographical references
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
41006881
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Political anthropology--Africa
Tribes--Africa