book chapter

Polygamy and Azande marriage

Congo6 (1)Published In 1925 • Pages: 574-581 [incomplete]

By: Lotar, L..

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This short article by Lotar gives an excellent analysis and breakdown of the polygamous household of the Azande chieftains and offers some explanations for the predominant importance of the first wife in the family.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Polygamy
Arranging a marriage
Cult of the dead
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Azande
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
1999
RegionThe area the document pertains to
Africa
Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
Central Africa
Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
book chapter
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
Margaret Coughlin ; 1950
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
not specified
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Sudan, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Central African Republic; Africa
NotesAdditional notes
L. Lotar
This document consists of excerpts
Translation of: Polygamie et mariage zande
The original French text is not included
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Zande (African people)