book chapter
Mission on the Nile
Burns & Oates • London • Published In 1955 • Pages:
By: Dempsey, James.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This document by a Roman Catholic priest is an excellent descriptive account of village life, daily routine and mission activity among the Shilluk. There are detailed accounts of the history and background of the area, problems and growth of the mission, ceremonies associated with installation of a new king, labor and leisure activity, mission education, government and judicial authority, clothing and adornment. The document also contains a number of life histories, personal experiences and specific incidents which took place during the author's 14 years in the field.
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Shilluk
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2019
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Africa
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Eastern Africa
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- book chapter
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Missionary
- 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.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Millicent Kim ; 1963
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1940-1954
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- not specified
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Sudan
- NotesAdditional notes
- by James Dempsey of Mill Hill
- Only pages xxii, 1-149; 11 plates; 3 maps are included
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 56026873
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Missions--Sudan/Shilluk (African people)