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Teh Esusu: a credit institution of the Yoruba
Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland • 82 • Published In 1952 • Pages: 63-69
By: Bascom, William Russell.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article is a detailed account of the formation and operation of various types of esusu groups among the Yoruba. The author stated that the esusu has elements which resemble a credit union, an insurance scheme and a savings club, but that it is distinct from all of these.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Credit
- Social relationships and groups
- Ordering of time
- Nonfulfillment of obligations
- Inheritance
- Crime
- Borrowing and lending
- Comparative evidence
- 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.
- 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 ; 1959
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1937-1951
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1930-1952
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Nigeria
- NotesAdditional notes
- William R. Bascom
- Esusu has been indexed for Credit (452).
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 69B)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- unk82052056
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Yoruba (African people)