book chapter
Kafa
History of the Southern Gonga (southwestern Ethiopia • Wiesbaden • Published In 1982 • Pages: 180-362 , plates
By: Lange, Werner J..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This book discusses the history of pre-1897 Kaffa history based on ethnographic field work conducted in 1972-1973. It provides valuable primary data, including verbatim reports of informants’ accounts at numerous points in the text, together with the author’s own reinterpretation of extant ethnographic sources.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Cultural identity and pride
- History
- Traditional history
- Chief executive
- Form and rules of government
- External relations
- Missions
- Religious denominations
- Territorial hierarchy
- Sacred objects and places
- Mythology
- Inter-community relations
- Inter-ethnic relations
- Warfare
- Aftermath of combat
- Kin relationships
- Recruitment and training
- External trade
- Religious intolerance and martyrs
- Executive household
- Deliberative councils
- Administrative agencies
- Status, role, and prestige
- Taxation and public income
- Real property
- Localized kin groups
- Magic
- Castes
- Prayers and sacrifices
- Organized ceremonial
- Avoidance and taboo
- Religious and educational structures
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Kaffa
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2012
- 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.
- 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
- Teferi Abate Adem; 2012
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1972-1973
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1390-1982
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Kaffa, Ethiopia
- NotesAdditional notes
- Werner J. Lange
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 330-348)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 82219342
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Kaffa (African people)