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The Ganda of Uganda
Peoples of Africa • New York • Published In 1965 • Pages: 81-118
By: Southwold, Martin.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article, written by a social anthropologist, is a structural-functional analysis of Ganda social organization, including political and territorial organization, kinship organization, economic organization, and socialization of children. The study emphasizes the central position of the king (kabaka), and compares and contrasts the traditional, colonial, and post-colonial systems. Introductory background is given on the location, history, ethnic-racial identity, physical appearance, language, and regional and general ecology. A final short section covers change in the political structure since 1955, and again since independence in 1962. Data on material culture, settlement system, marriage, and warfare are included throughout the article. The focus of the article is on cultural and social change.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- History
- Agriculture
- Family
- Clans
- Territorial hierarchy
- Government institutions
- 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
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Social Anthropologist
- 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
- Sarah Bridges ; John M. Beierle ; 1973
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1954-1956; 1959-1960
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1830-1962
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Uganda
- NotesAdditional notes
- Martin Southwold ; introduction by James L. Gibbs, Jr.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 117-118)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 65010276
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Ganda (African people)