Book
The Yoruba-speaking peoples of south-western Nigeria
International African Institute • (IV) • Published In 1951 • Pages: vi, 102
By: Forde, Cyril Daryll.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This document is, as the title of the series suggests, a summary of information on the culture of the Yoruba-speaking peoples. As such, it does not present a detailed ethnography, but rather gives the principal features of the Yoruba as a whole and a few of the distinctive characteristics of the primary sub-groups. The author organizes his material in two main parts, the first treating the Yoruba in general and the second, the sub-groups. Each part is subdivided into sections on tribal groupings and demography, language, physical environment, economy, social organization and political structure, and main cultural features. The author recognizes the unequal value of information available on the various groups, which prevents an exact adherence to his subheadings throughout; nevertheless he is probably as consistent in his presentation as possible. Especially valuable is the extensive bibliography following the text. The author was a well-known British social anthropologist.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Ethos
- Cultural participation
- Linguistic identification
- Composition of population
- Domesticated animals
- Tillage
- Community
- Territorial organization
- Real property
- Clans
- Tribe and nation
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Yoruba
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2009
- 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 TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Social Anthropologist
- 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
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- George R. Bedell ; 1959
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1935-1940
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1840-1951
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Nigeria
- NotesAdditional notes
- Daryll Forde
- Includes bibliographical references (p.84-102)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 52065548
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Yoruba (African people)