Book
Les Massa du Cameroun: vie économique et sociale
Presses universitaires de France • Paris • Published In 1964 • Pages: 262
By: Garine, I. de.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This classic ethnography of the Masa covers environment, history, material culture, economy, and social organization. The author discusses in detail domestic groups, household budgets, marriage, bridewealth, cattle loans, and milk cures (cattle are a key component of Masa economic, social and political organization).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Domesticated animals
- Dairying
- Tillage
- Gratification and control of hunger
- Settlement patterns
- Borrowing and lending
- Status, role, and prestige
- Mode of marriage
- Household
- Lineages
- Ethnoanatomy
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Masa
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Africa
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Central Africa
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- 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
- 1958-1959
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1958-1959
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Mayo-Danay department, Far North region, Cameroon
- NotesAdditional notes
- par Igor de Garine
- Issued also as thesis, Paris.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-237)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 66007503
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Masa (African people)