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Continuities in the Bena political system
Southwestern journal of anthropology • 20 (3) • Published In 1964 • Pages: 241-260
By: Swartz, Marc J..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In this article, Swartz discusses the continuities and changes in Bena political structure and functioning through six periods of rule by different overlords, including Sangu, Hehe, German, and British. According to Swartz, the status, authority, and privileges of local leaders (MUTWA) remained largely unchanged as well as their primary means of social and political control at the local level, the BARAZA, or dispute hearings.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Status, role, and prestige
- Community heads
- Social control
- Informal in-group justice
- Territorial hierarchy
- External relations
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Bena
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2003
- 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.
- 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
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Ian Skoggard ; 2002
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1962-1965
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1860-1965
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Njombe District, Iringa Region, Tanzania
- NotesAdditional notes
- Marc J. Swartz
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 47005758
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Bena (African people)