book chapter

Native administration in the British African territories: part III, West Africa: Nigeria, Gold Coast, Sierra Leone, Gambia

His Majesty's Stationery OfficeLondonPublished In 1951 • Pages:

By: Hailey, William Malcolm Hailey, Baron.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This survey of native administration in the western provinces of Nigeria is a part of a larger work which includes all of the British West African territories. The primary consideration of the author is to meet the need of colonial officials for information regarding administrative practices in areas other than those with which they are personally acquainted. Consequently the survey is written largely as a factual account based upon official sources and assumes a certain degree of background knowledge from its readers. The materials processed for the Files include general information on the population, economy, education, medical facilities, and ethnic distribution of the western provinces. The evolution of the political and administraive structure of the region in succinctly stated to provide background information for a detailed description of the present system.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Chief executive
Form and rules of government
Territorial hierarchy
Advisers to the chief executive
External relations
Provinces
Districts
Real property
Clans
Urban and rural life
Education system
Sodalities
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 chapter
Evaluation
Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
Government Official
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
1947-1948
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1900-1948
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Nigeria
NotesAdditional notes
Lord Hailey
Only pages 99- 146 are included
Includes bibliographical references
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
51004697
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Yoruba (African people)