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Umbundu kinship & character: being a description of social structure and individual development of the Ovimbundu of Angola, with observations concerning the bearing on the enterprise of Christian missions of certain phases of the life and culture described
Published for the International African Institute by the Oxford University Press • London • Published In 1949 • Pages:
By: Childs, Gladwyn Murray.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This volume, as stated in the subtitle, is a 'description of the social structure and individual development of the Ovimbundu of Angola, with observations concerning the bearing on the enterprise of Christian missions of certain phases of the life and culture described.' It contains ample sections on the identification of the Ovimbundu and their neighbors, their territorial hierarchy and spatial distribution. Particularly useful is the synchronous historical and traditional chart of the Ovimbundu from the time of earliest Portuguese contact until the present (pp. 224-231). The emphasis in the treatment of social structure is upon child training and education and kinship, especially insofar as they may be adapted to future missionary policy. Technology and economics are only briefly discussed. Detailed bibliographies are appended after each chapter. The measure of the author's objectivity may be tested by consulting McCulloch's critical summary (2: McCulloch).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Settlement patterns
- External trade
- Household
- Kinship terminology
- Kin relationships
- Lineages
- Community structure
- External relations
- Infancy and childhood
- Socialization
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Ovimbundu
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2002
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Africa
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Southern Africa
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Missionary
- 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
- Richard Schaedel ; 1955
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1924-1940
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1920-1940
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Ngendo, Cuanza Sul, Angola
- NotesAdditional notes
- Gladwyn Murray Childs
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 50002385
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Mbundu (African people)