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Economic spheres in pre-colonial Ila society
African social research • 28 • Published In 1979 • Pages: 617-641
By: Fielder, Robin J..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The author demonstrates the versatility of cattle as mediums of exchange in this analysis grounded in the key factors of production needed by individuals establishing households and aspiring to improve their social standing. Any ambitious Ila needs cattle for marrying a wife, feeding the household, earning social respect, appeasing dead ancestors and spirits, etc. Cattle also can be loaned to relatives and friends for anticipated material and social gains.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Domesticated animals
- Property in movables
- Pastoral activities
- Cultural identity and pride
- Community structure
- Inter-community relations
- Extended families
- Mode of marriage
- Exchange transactions
- Gift giving
- Mutual aid
- Kin relationships
- Accumulation of wealth
- Saving and investment
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Ila
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2015
- 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.
- 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.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Teferi Abate Adem; 2014
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- not specified
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1916-1979
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Namwala and Itezhi-Tezhi districts, Southern Province, Zambia
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Robin J. Fielder
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 641)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 72013521
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Ila (African people)