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Essays on Lozi land and royal property

Rhodes-Livingstone InstituteLivingstone, Northern RhodesiaPublished In 1943 • Pages: 99

By: Gluckman, Max.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
These two essays set out to, first, challenge the concept of communal-owned property in view of evidence from Barotseland (now Zambia) and elsewhere in southern Bantu groups and, second, deal with specific prerogatives of the king regarding tribute and 'kingly goods.' The author outlines the pattern of distribution of Barotse property to all homesteads, the king's protection of subjects' right to a piece of land, and the forms of tribute and gifts from commoners to royalty. Gluckman is concerned especially with the theoretical question of primitive communism as it appears in the light of individual property rights.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Real property
Chief executive
Executive household
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Lozi
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
1995
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.
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.
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
Adolph Hoehling ; Sigrid Khera
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1940, 1942
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)
Zambia
NotesAdditional notes
Max Gluckman
Bibliography: p. 97
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Lozi (African people)