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The structure of the Barundi community: (Ruanda-Urundi Territory, Central Africa)
Man • 46 • Published In 1946 • Pages: 12-16
By: Smets, George.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The author treats ethnic divisions of the Rundi, geography, the community settlement pattern with respect to the peculiar lack of markets, the economic importance of agriculture and cattle-breeding, political and social hierarchy, and the relationships among various social groupings. In his summary he emphasizes the importance of personal relationships and the impact of foreign influence in changing many traditional institutions. At the time of publication the author was Professor in the UniversitT Libre de Bruxelles and Head of the Institut de Sociologie Solvay.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Ethnic stratification
- Topography and geology
- Land use
- Retail marketing
- Dance
- Hunting and trapping
- Fishing
- Domesticated animals
- Division of labor by gender
- Organized ceremonial
- Territorial hierarchy
- Chief executive
- Exploitation
- Real property
- Occupational specialization
- Medium of exchange
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Barundi
- 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
- 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.
- 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
- George R. Bedell ; 1959
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1935
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1935-1946
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Burundi
- NotesAdditional notes
- George Smets
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- sf 80000548
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Rundi (African people)