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The social structure of the Nyakyusa: a re-evaluation
Africa • 43 (2) • Published In 1973 • Pages: 91-107
By: McKenny, Michael G..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article focuses on the sociological factors that accounted for the emergence of the Nyakyusa Chiefdoms. The focus is on internal processes in the age-villages, a uniquely Nyakyusa residence pattern in which a cohort of boys establish their own village settlement in a previously uninhabited land. In doing so, the article also discusses relationships between kinship, chieftainship and age sets.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Community structure
- Community heads
- Cultural identity and pride
- Settlement patterns
- Puberty and initiation
- Age stratification
- Cereal agriculture
- Territorial hierarchy
- Ethnosociology
- Kin relationships
- Regulation of marriage
- Inheritance
- Form and rules of government
- Status, role, and prestige
- Organized ceremonial
- Social relationships and groups
- Exchange transactions
- Family relationships
- Ingroup antagonisms
- Gender status
- 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.
- Historian
- 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
- 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
- No date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1930-1973
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Nyakyusa of south-western Tanzania
- NotesAdditional notes
- Michael G. McKenny
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 106-107)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 29010790
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Nyakyusa (African people)