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Marriage customs of the Babemba tribe

Africa • 4 • Published In 1931 • Pages: HRAF MS: 1-13 [Original: 209-221 ]

By: Labrecque, Éd., Horine, Ruth.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document

This article gives a brief description of the betrothal, chisungu (girls' puberty) and marriage ceremonies of the Bemba, together with a brief sketch of the tribal history as a preliminary. At the time the article was written, Pére Labrecque was a missionary in the area, attached to the Mission des Péres Blancs.

cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)

Bemba

HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document

2019

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

article

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

Timothy J. O'Leary ; 1957

Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document

ca. 1930

NotesAdditional notes

by Éd. Labrecque

Translation of: Le Mariage chez les Babemba

The original French text is included

Translated from the French for the HRAF files by Mrs. Ruth Horine

LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number

29010790

LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings

Bemba (African people)