Book
The constitution of Ngonde
The Rhodes-Livingstone Institute • (3) • Published In 1939 • Pages: 86
By: Wilson, Godfrey.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Mr. Wilson has traced here the political system of Ngonde from the traditional period to the present day. The relationships between the political status of the Kuyungus, the territorial nobles, and the local chiefs, and the economic practices and religious beliefs of the Ngonde people are carefully delineated. The impact of British rule upon the development of the native political and judicial institutions is succinctly described in the concluding part of this monograph.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Form and rules of government
- Chief executive
- Community structure
- Community heads
- Territorial hierarchy
- Classes
- Status, role, and prestige
- Revelation and divination
- Disasters
- Prayers and sacrifices
- Cult of the dead
- General character of religion
- Traditional history
- History
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Sociocultural trends
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Nyakyusa and Ngonde
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2010
- 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
- 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.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Robert Lee ; 1957 ; Teferi Abate Adem; 2010
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1934-1938
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1934-1939
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Ngonde
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Godfrey Wilson
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 42006149
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Ngonde (African people)/Ngonde (African people)--Politics and government
- Ngonde (Malawi)--Politics and government