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The Wodaabe flight: inversions of hierarchy in a West-African pastoral community
Suomen antropologi • 14 (4) • Published In 1989 • Pages: 3-10
By: Kaartinen, Timo.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In this discussion of the relationship between Wodaabe migratory practices, social structure, and identity, the author underscores the centrality of historical processes for understanding relations among different Wodaabe groups and place-based identities.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Identification
- Historical and archival research
- Traditional history
- History
- Lineages
- Clans
- Community structure
- Form and rules of government
- Chief executive
- External relations
- Ethnosociology
- 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
- article
- 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
- not applicable
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1850-1970
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- southeastern Chad; southern Niger; northern Nigeria; northern Cameroon
- NotesAdditional notes
- Timo Kaartinen
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 9-10)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- sf 94092135
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Fula (African people)