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The pastoral Fulani of northern Nigeria
Peoples of Africa • New York • Published In 1965 • Pages: 363-491
By: Stenning, Derrick J..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This general overview of Fulani pastoralists and semi-sedentary communities covers language, territorial organization, and historical relationship to the state. Additionally, the author focusses on Wodaabe cultural ecology and pastoralism, calling it the "Fulani Way." Other topics examined include: material culture; the social and political organization of households, lineages and clans; marriage and other life cycle events; and the influence of Islam.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Identification
- Location
- Norms
- Domesticated animals
- Ethics
- Mode of marriage
- Termination of marriage
- Secondary marriages
- Polygamy
- Lineages
- Clans
- Community heads
- Chief executive
- Legal norms
- Theological systems
- Adolescence, adulthood, and old age
- 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
- Derrick J. Stenning
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 400-401)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 65010276
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Fula (African people)