book chapter
First footsteps in East Africa: or an exploration of Harar
Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans • London • Published In 1856 • Pages:
By: Burton, Richard Francis.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a travel account of an officer of the British Indian Army. It is valuable as one of the earliest accounts of the Somali of British Somaliland and their way of life. The information included here includes descriptions of food, clothing, weapons and tools, domestic animals, tribal distribution, sports and games, dwellings, native fauna and flora, and the character of the inhabitants as seen by a colonial army officer.
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Somali
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1997
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Africa
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Eastern 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.
- Government Official
- 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
- Robert Lee, George R. Bedell ; 1959
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1854-1855
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1854-1855
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Somalia, Djibouti, and southeastern Ethiopia
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Richard F. Burton
- Only the following pages are included: 21-24, 27, 29, 33-34, 41-48, 55-60, 69-71, 74-75, 81-83, 85-91, 94, 103-123, 127, 142-143, 148-151, 154-155, 158-161, 163, 173-182, 185, 188, 198-200, 204, 206-208, 210, 213-216, 219-255, 228-229, 232-233, 238-239, 241-248, 257-259, 262-266, 277-280, 379-380, 391, 402-403
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 05008812
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Somalis