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Culture summary: Chaga

Human Relations Area Files • New Haven, Conn. • Published In 2011 • Pages:

By: Moore, Sally Falk.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a culture summary of the Chagga. Information is presented on major aspects of the Chagga culture.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Identification
Culture summary
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Chagga
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2011
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.
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
AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
Teferi Abate Adem
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
no date
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)
General Chagga; northern Tanzania
NotesAdditional notes
Sally Falk Moore
This culture summary is based on the article, "Chagga" by Sally Falk Moore in the Encyclopedia of World Cultures, Vol, 9, Africa and the Middle East. John Middleton and Amal Rassam, eds. Boston: G. K. Hall, USA, 1995. Teferi Abate Adem wrote the synopsis and indexing notes in December 2010.
Includes bibliographical references
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Chaga (African people)