Book
The laws and customs of the Yoruba people
George Routledge & Sons, Ltd. • London • Published In 1924 • Pages:
By: Ajisafe, Ajayi Kolawole.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is an account of the laws and customs of the Yoruba in general, collected by a member of the Egba subtribe over a period of several years. A number of diverse subjects, from judicial procedure and punishment for criminal behavior to kinship terminology and the etiquette of visiting are covered. Although valuable because of the insight presented by a person subject to and participating in the customs related, this document can hardly be considered a codification of formal tribal law and custom. The author himself admits the inclusion of many practices which are 'obsolete, impracticable, and those modified by Christianity and British occupation.'In some, but not all cases obsolete practices are identified as such. The detailed information, diversity of subject, and native point of view are the major valves of this document.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Etiquette
- Visiting and hospitality
- Sanctions
- Judicial authority
- Trial procedure
- Contracts
- Wrongs
- Household
- Real property
- Slavery
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Territorial hierarchy
- Status, role, and prestige
- Taxation and public income
- Regulation of marriage
- 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.
- Indigenous Person
- 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
- George R. Bedell ; 1959
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1906-1920
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1900-1924
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Nigeria
- NotesAdditional notes
- by A. K. Ajisafe ; with a portrait of the author
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 25005374
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Yoruba (African people)