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A present day Zulu philosopher
Africa • 30 • Published In 1960 • Pages: 166-180
By: Bodenstein, W., Raum, Otto Friedrich.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This source is a discussion of the Zulu philosopher, Laduma Madela, who was also one of the principal informants of Axel-Ivar Berglund (document 8). The authors interviewed him a number of times during the course of two years and acquired from him a lengthy and 'vivid account' of the Zulu creation myth with much of the philosopher's own interpretation and prophecy included. The source covers both the description of an interesting Zulu philosopher and lightning doctor and the relation of the Zulu creation mythology to Laduma Madela's philosophy about the present day social structure, what it is that is wrong with it and how it should change.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Informants
- Mythology
- Sacred objects and places
- Ethnobotany
- Ethnosociology
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Zulu
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2005
- 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.
- Physician
- 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.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Martin Malone ; Marlene Martin ; 1979
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1957-1959
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1906-1959
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Ceza, Nongoma Magistracy District, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
- NotesAdditional notes
- By W. Bodenstein and Otto F. Raum
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 29010790
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Zulu (African people)