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L'activité pastorale et le cycle végétatif: chez les Masa (Tchad/Cameroun)
Journal des africanistes • 78 (1-2) • Published In 2008 • Pages: 143-156
By: Dumas-Champion, Françoise.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article focuses on the agricultural and pastoral cycle of the Masa and associated rites, in particular the unique rite of milk cures, in which young men consume large quantities of milk and millet to fatten up. Such rites integrate the disparate pursuits of agriculture, fishing, raising livestock, warfare, and marriage.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Annual cycle
- Domesticated animals
- Tillage
- Gratification and control of hunger
- Settlement patterns
- Ordering of time
- Ethnometeorology
- 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
- 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
- 1973-2003
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1973-2003
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Yagoua, Mayo-Danay department, Far North region, Cameroon; northern Mayo-Kebbi Est region, Chad
- NotesAdditional notes
- Françoise Dumas-Champion
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 155)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 79646074
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Masa (African people)