book chapter
The Eastern Lacustrine Bantu (Ganda and Soga)
International African Institute • (11) • Published In 1960 • Pages: 86
By: Fallers, Margaret Chave.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This book contains a general ethnographic summary of Ganda and Soga culture. Only information on the Ganda is included here. Although traditional culture is briefly discussed, Fallers concentrates on the period following the establishment of a British Protectorate in Uganda. Included is information on history, demography, immigration and emigration, language and literature, land tenure, economic activities, political organization, arts and crafts, family anf kinship and religion and magic. The information in this survey is based on intensive literature research and field work with both groups.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Population
- History
- Tillage
- Textile agriculture
- Occupational specialization
- Kinship terminology
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Ganda
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1998
- 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.
- 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
- Helen Gunsher Bornstein ; Dubravka Schmalzbauer ; 1971-1972
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1950-1957
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1862-1951
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Uganda
- NotesAdditional notes
- By Margaret Chave Fallers
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 74-81) and index
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 61004889
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Ganda (African people)