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Yoruba-speaking peoples in Dahomey

Africa17Published In 1947 • Pages: 122-129

By: Parrinder, Edward Geoffrey.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a discussion of the distribution of Yoruba groups in Dahomey by a Methodist Missionary Society member who spent ten years in French West Africa, chiefly in Dahomey. The author is a recognized authority on West African religion. Included are discussion of migrations, dialect differences, and tribal indentification.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Traditional history
Cities
Ethnic stratification
Districts
Congregations
Spirits and gods
Tribe and nation
Linguistic identification
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.
Missionary
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 ; 1959
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
ca. 1938-1947
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1930-1947
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Benin
NotesAdditional notes
Geoffrey Parrinder
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
29010790
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Yoruba (African people)