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The Yoruba lineage
Africa • 25 • Published In 1955 • Pages: 235-251
By: Lloyd, Peter Cutt.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The term lineage as discussed in this article is the patrilineal descent group whose residence is the compound. Because of the legendary nature of lineage origins in most cases, this group has been indexed as a sib. Centering his attention on this kin based group, the author discusses various aspects of the physical and social organization of Yoruba residence compounds, town, and government. The nature of membership and legends of origin of some particular lineages are given, with an indication of intra-cultural differences that occur. At the time of publication the author was a Research Fellow in Anthropology at the West African Institute of Social and Economic Research, University of Ibadan, Southern Nigeria. The author cites data from Oyo and Ekiti as characteristic of most Yoruba subtribes.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Clans
- Territorial hierarchy
- Cultural participation
- Household
- Settlement patterns
- Ethnosociology
- Traditional history
- Regulation of marriage
- Towns
- 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
- article
- 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.
- 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
- ca. 1954
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1950-1960
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Nigeria
- NotesAdditional notes
- Peter C. Lloyd
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 29010790
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Yoruba (African people)