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Culture summary: Bemba

HRAFNew Haven, Conn.Published In 1997 • Pages:

By: Lagacé, Robert O., Skoggard, Ian A..

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a culture summary of the Bemba.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Identification
Culture summary
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Bemba
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
1997
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
essay
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
Ian Skoggard
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)
Zimbabwe, Zambia, and Democratic Republic of the Congo
NotesAdditional notes
Robert O. Lagacé and Ian Skoggard
The culture summary is based on the article, "Bemba," by Robert O. Lagacé, in Sixty Cultures: A Guide to the HRAF Probability Files, Robert O. Lagacé, ed. New Haven, Conn.: Human Relations Area Files, Inc., 1977. It was expanded and revised by Ian Skoggard, August 1996.
Includes bibliographical references
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Bemba (African people)