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The Banen and slavery
Paideuma: Mitteilungen zur Kulturkunde • Frankfurt Am Main • Published In 1995 • Pages: 107-125
By: Abwa, Daniel, Bime, John.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In this article the author discusses the institution of slavery among the Banen, who recognized three social levels: original settlers, recent immigrants, and slaves. Slaves were prisoners of war, kidnapped travelers, or violators of Banen law and customs. They were identified by special tattoos and were bought and sold in markets. Slaves could marry and have children.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Accumulation of wealth
- Classes
- Slavery
- Sanctions
- Aftermath of combat
- 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
- 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.
- 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
- 1976-1977, 1981-1982
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1883-1953
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Ndikiniméki and Bokito subdivisions, Mbam-et-Inoubou, Centre Region, Cameroon
- NotesAdditional notes
- Daniel Abwa ; translated from the original French version by John Bime
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 124-125)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 2012214065
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Banen (African people)