essay
The Suku of southwestern Congo
peoples of africa • New York • Published In 1965 • Pages: 441-477
By: Kopytoff, Igor.
Abstract
This article discusses three salient features of Suku culture and society: 1) a kinship organization that combines matrilineal descent with patrilocal residence, 2) a political organization that combines centralized kingship with broadly autonomous segmentary lineage groups, and 3) periodic initiation rites of males and females of different ages and from different kin groups. The author argues that this crossing of sex and age lines might have contributed to the integration of Suku local communities.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2016
- Region
- Africa
- Sub Region
- Central Africa
- Document Type
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Anthropologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Teferi Abate Adem ; 2014
- Field Date
- 1958-1959
- Coverage Date
- 1920-1965
- Coverage Place
- Kwango district, Bandundu, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Notes
- Igor Kopytoff
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 475-477)
- LCCN
- 65010276
- LCSH
- Suku (African people)