essay
Household viability among the pastoral Fulani
developmental cycle in domestic groups • (1) • Published In 1971 • Pages: 92-119
By: Stenning, Derrick J..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This document examines the family cycle among Fulani pastoralists and how it affects subsistence. The author shows how, at times, cooperation between domestic units, including co-residence, is necessary to maintain the viability of the domestic herd.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Domesticated animals
- Pastoral activities
- Dairying
- Dwellings
- Inheritance
- Termination of marriage
- Secondary marriages
- Household
- Family relationships
- Nuclear family
- Polygamy
- Extended families
- Lineages
- Social readjustments to death
- 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
- 1951-1953
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1951-1953
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Borno State, Nigeria
- NotesAdditional notes
- By Derrick J. Stenning
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 78160087
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Fula (African people)