article
Pourquoi les Massa prèférent-ils le sorgho?: heurs et malheurs de la riziculturre irriguée au Nord-Cameroun
Journal des anthropologues • 74 • Published In 1998 • Pages: 117-126
By: Arditi, Claude.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The introduction of rice cultivation as a replacement for the traditional Masa subsistence system had mixed results, primarily due to the importance of cattle in the Masa marriage system and social relations. Productivity varied according to household size, family life cycle, and proximity to main irrigation canals, among other factors. The author also describes how Masa swap land to avoid paying royalties on their produce, with many absentee landlords accumulating multiple plots and hiring farm workers.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Economic planning and development
- Domesticated animals
- Cereal agriculture
- Water supply
- Real property
- Renting and leasing
- Production and supply
- Division of labor by gender
- Labor supply and employment
- Household
- 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
- no date given
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1950-1986
- 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
- NotesAdditional notes
- Claude Arditi
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 117-131)
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Masa (African people)