book chapter
North-west Nyasa-Lundazi region: Tumbuka and Lake Shore Tonga
Peoples of the Lake Nyasa region • London • Published In 1950 • Pages: 51-70, 118-131
By: Douglas, Mary.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a brief overview of the Lakeshore Tonga, including history, demography, language, economy, social and political organization, and religion.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Diagnostic material attributes
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Lakeshore Tonga
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2001
- 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 chapter
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Unknown
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Ian Skoggard ; 1999
- 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
- 1855-1945
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Nkhata Bay district, Northern Province, Malawi
- NotesAdditional notes
- By Mary Tew
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 118-131)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 51014641
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Ethnology--Malawi