essay
The position of women in a pastoral society: (the Fulani, WoDaaBe, Nomads of the Niger)
Women of Tropical Africa • Los Angeles • Published In 1963 • Pages: 47-92
By: Dupire, Marguerite, Wright, H. M. (Hope M.).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This investigation into women's rights regarding property, marriage, and inheritance also considers the influence of Islamic law and customs on gender-based power relations.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Domesticated animals
- Property in movables
- Inheritance
- Division of labor by gender
- Gender status
- Mode of marriage
- Termination of marriage
- Secondary marriages
- Residence
- Family relationships
- Polygamy
- Parents-in-law and children-in-law
- Sex training
- Transmission of cultural norms
- Transmission of skills
- Adolescent activities
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Fulani
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Africa
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Western Africa
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- 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.
- 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
- Ian Skoggard; 2020
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1951-1955
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1951
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- southwestern Niger
- NotesAdditional notes
- Marguerite Dupire
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 63024209
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Fula (African people)