Book
For men and elders: change in the relations of generations and of men and women among the Nyakyusa-Ngonde people, 1875-1971
Africana Pub. Co. for the International African Institute • New York • Published In 1977 • Pages:
By: Wilson, Monica Hunter.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This book is about the Nyakyusa people of Tanzania and the Ngonde of Malawi, who live on opposite sides of the Songwe river and who speak one language. It is concerned with how marriage relationships and relations between generations have changed between 1875, when written records began, and 1971, when a new marriage law for Tanzania was promulgated. The most important of these changes include shifts from marriage by cattle payment and labor service to the use of cash as bride price, from polygamy to monogamy, and changes in residence pattern from age-based villages to 'Christian villages' and mixed communities. The book discusses the implications of these shifts for gender, generation and intra-family relations.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Cultural identity and pride
- Community structure
- Inter-community relations
- Settlement patterns
- Gender status
- Family relationships
- Community heads
- Status, role, and prestige
- Labor supply and employment
- Real property
- Regulation of marriage
- Mode of marriage
- Termination of marriage
- Celibacy
- Kin relationships
- Prayers and sacrifices
- Education system
- Gender roles and issues
- Buying and selling
- External relations
- Acculturation and culture contact
- 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.
- 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
- 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
- 1875-1971
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Nyakyusa and Ngonde, Tanzania and Malawi
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Monica Wilson
- Includes bibliograpahical references (p. 197-204) and index
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 77004203
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Nyakyusa (African people)--Social life and customs
- Ngonde (African people)--Social life and customs
- Acculturation