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Culture summary: Nyakyusa and Ngonde
Human Relations Area Files • New Haven, Conn. • Published In 2011 • Pages:
By: Kenny, Michael G..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a culture summary of the Nyakyusa and the Ngonde. Information is presented on major aspects of the Nyakyusa and the Ngonde 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)
- Nyakyusa and Ngonde
- 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 Nyakyusa and Ngonde; northern Malawi
- NotesAdditional notes
- Michael G. Kenny
- This culture summary is based on the article, "Ngonde" by Michael G. Kenny (with thanks to Donna Robertson), 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 added ethnonyms and updated the population figures in the summary in May 2011. He also wrote the synopsis and indexing notes in May 2010.
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Nyakyusa (African people)
- Ngonde (African people)