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An introduction to Nyakyusa society
Bantu studies • 10 • Published In 1936 • Pages: 253-291
By: Wilson, Godfrey.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This source is a brief synthesis of Nyakyusa society as seen by Wilson in 1936, during the middle of his fieldwork. The major sections include descriptions of the climate and cultural groups, the age-villages, and the chiefdom and wider groups. Much the same material is covered by his wife Monica in later publications. (see particularly 1: Wilson and 2: Wilson, this file.) Wilson died before he was able to publish the major results of his field work.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Cultural identity and pride
- Community structure
- Age stratification
- Gender status
- Childhood activities
- Family relationships
- Polygamy
- Kinship terminology
- Illegitimacy
- Premarital sex relations
- Mode of marriage
- Arranging a marriage
- Nuptials
- Premarital sex relations
- Extramarital sex relations
- Puberty and initiation
- 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
- article
- 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.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Timothy J. O'Leary ; 1958 ; Teferi Abate Adem; 2010
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1934-1936
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1934-1936
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Nyakyusa, Tanzania and Malawi
- NotesAdditional notes
- Godfrey Wilson
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Nyakyusa (African people)