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Some 'Shona' tribes of Southern Rhodesia
Seven tribes of British Central Africa • Manchester, Eng. • Published In 1959 • Pages: 354-396
By: Holleman, J. F., Colson, Elizabeth, Gluckman, Max.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The article deals with several Shona subgroups in Mashonaland Central, Zimbabwe: the Hera of Sabi Reserve, the Rozwi of the Narira and Wedza Reserves, and Mbire of the Wedza Reserve. These groups are commonly regarded as belonging to the Zezuru cluster of tribes, although the author believes that this classification cannot be justified on ethnological grounds. After a brief introduction to the habitat and subsistence patterns of the area, the author begins with a series of excellent summaries on the political and territorial organization of the groups. The data in these summaries includes information at the village, the ward, and the so-called tribal levels. The final section of this work describes the genealogical structure of Shona society: the patrilineage, the clan, the family group, the "house," and kindreds.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Identification
- Tribe and nation
- Towns
- Community structure
- Community heads
- Districts
- Lineages
- Clans
- Kindreds and ramages
- Initiation of judicial proceedings
- Prayers and sacrifices
- Organized ceremonial
- Status, role, and prestige
- Etiquette
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Shona
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2014
- 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
- essay
- 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
- John Beierle; 1991; Teferi A. Adem; 2012
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1945-1948
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1930-1949
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- southern Mashonaland East and western Manicaland, Zimbabwe
- NotesAdditional notes
- [by] J. F. Holleman
- Published on behalf of the Rhodes-Livingstone Institute, Northern Rhodesia, by Manchester University Press
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 61001359
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Shona (African people)