essay
The Banen
Peoples of the central Cameroons • (9) • Published In 1954 • Pages: 134-153
By: Dugast, Idelette.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This culture summary briefly covers such topics as location, demography, history, agriculture, trade, crafts, houses, slavery, local government, dress, twins, marriage, funerals, religion, and magic.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Identification
- Topography and geology
- Demography
- Tillage
- Division of labor by gender
- Slavery
- Mode of marriage
- Community heads
- Informal in-group justice
- Mourning
- Magic
- Difficult and unusual births
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Banen
- 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
- essay
- 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.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Ian Skoggard; 2020
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1934-1936, 1938-1939, 1940-1941, 1953-1954
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1934-1954
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- western Mbam-et-Inoubou, Centre region and eastern Nkam, Littoral region, Cameroon
- NotesAdditional notes
- By I. Dugast
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 55004828
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Banen (African people)