book chapter
The life of a South African tribe: vol. 1
Macmillan and Co., Limited • London • Published In 1927 • Pages:
By: Junod, Henri Alexandre.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The author, a missionary and head of the Swiss Romande Mission at Lourenco Marques, lived for many years among the Thonga and knew them intimately. Suggestions for reform of Thonga customs and beliefs have been kept to a minimum and appear for the most part at the ends of chapters. In this study Junod made use not only of his own knowledge and observations of the Thonga but also of Thonga informants, whose names are indicated in parentheses in the text. Note: Frequent references are made in the text to the Latin notes which appear on pages 513-520. Translation of these notes was made into English for HRAF by Richard Neuse, and the translation appears in brackets along with the Latin text.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Cultural identity and pride
- Community structure
- Localized kin groups
- Tribe and nation
- Linguistic identification
- Traditional history
- Mythology
- Labor supply and employment
- Division of labor by gender
- External relations
- Puberty and initiation
- Cult of the dead
- Marriage
- Visiting and hospitality
- Avoidance and taboo
- Diet
- Alcoholic beverages
- Burial practices and funerals
- Status and treatment of the aged
- Household
- Family relationships
- Polygamy
- Premarital sex relations
- Extramarital sex relations
- Kinship terminology
- Kin relationships
- Cousins
- Offenses and sanctions
- Ethnometeorology
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Tsonga
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2010
- 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.
- 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.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Ruth Heffner ; 1953
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1895-1909
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1895-1927
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- South Africa
- NotesAdditional notes
- Henri A. Junod
- Pages omitted from the file: 290-309 inclusive, dealing with kinship systems of other tribes
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Tsonga (African peoples)