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Some old Ila songs and verses
Journal of African cultural studies • 13 (2) • Published In 2000 • Pages: 227-237
By: Fowler, Dennis G..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article presents Ila songs recorded by a Methodist missionary between 1906 and 1934. The songs are grouped according to the contexts in which they were sung. Side-by-side translations of the lyrics into English are presented, with notes and background material. Parallels in other cultures in Africa and elsewhere are highlighted.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Music
- Verbal arts
- Cultural identity and pride
- Community structure
- Pastoral activities
- Childhood activities
- Status of adolescents
- Mode of marriage
- Musical instruments
- Division of labor by gender
- Gender status
- Social personality
- Military organization
- 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 TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Anthropologist
- 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.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary 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
- 1906-1934
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1893-1960
- 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
- Dennis Fowler
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 237)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- sn 98053994
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Ila (African people)