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The clans of Rwanda: an historical hypothesis
Africa • 50 (4) • Published In 1980 • Pages: 389-403
By: Newbury, David S..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article is concerned with the concept of clan as a historical category in the Rwandan context. It argues that clan changes in Rwanda were not simply a result of individuals moving from one clan to another, or members of one clan dispersing over the land, but also a result of changes in the very conceptual categories from which clan identities derived.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Cultural identity and pride
- Castes
- Localized kin groups
- Lineages
- Community structure
- Kin relationships
- Inter-community relations
- Inter-ethnic relations
- Status, role, and prestige
- Territorial hierarchy
- Classes
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Rwandans
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2009
- 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
- article
- 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; 2009
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1979
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1950-1980
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Rwanda
- NotesAdditional notes
- David S. Newbury
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 401-402)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 29010790
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Ethnology Rwanda