essay
The Somali tribe
Somalia, scritti vari editi ed inediti • 3 • Published In 1964 • Pages: HRAF Ms: 108 [original: 45-113, 225-226, 229 ]
By: Cerulli, Enrico, Biancani, Piero.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This document focuses on the social and political organization of the Somali people. It should be noted that the author uses the term 'peoples' to refer not only to subdivisions of the tribe which are roughly equivalent the 'gens (gentes)', but also to groups organized territorially, not 'gentilitially' (by genealogical connections). Data contained in this document deal with the origin and extinction of the kin 'group', the roles and functions of the hereditary and tribal chiefs, the tribal assembly, the 'adopted' of the tribe and their integration into Somali customs, various functional aspects of Somali customary law, and a lengthy concluding chapter on Somali pastoralists and their relationship to the agricultural peoples living along the major rivers of Somalia.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Kin groups
- Territorial hierarchy
- 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
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Lawyer
- Social Scientist
- 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 ; Sigrid Khera ; 1972
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- ca. 1920
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- not specified
- 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
- Enrico Cerulli
- Translation of: La tribù somala.
- The original Italian text is not included
- Translated for the HRAF files by Piero Biancani.
- Data on the following ethnic groups have been indexed for additional OWC codes: for information on the 'freed'--the negro agriculturists living along the rivers--the heading Negroid Somaliland Peoples MO05 has been used; for the city tribes of Mogadiscio--Somali Republic MO01; for the Kaffa people--Kafficho MP14; for the Galla of Kenya--Galla FL07 and for the Macha (Gimma) MP18. References to the Ethiopian Galla will be found on pp. 89-94 and 96-99.
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 60024993
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Somalis