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The social functions and meaning of Hausa praise-singing
Africa • 27 • Published In 1957 • Pages: 26-43
By: Smith, M. G. (Michael Garfield).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article describes and analyzes the Hausa institution of praise-singing, conducted by specialists known as maroka. Smith first presents background in the form of historical and cultural summary, then describes examples of praise-singing in several situations. The activities are clearly described to indicate the pervading influence on many elements of the culture. Smith analyzes the functions in terms of the methodology of A. Radcliffe-Brown, to determine the common meaning expressed in the various occurrences.
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Hausa
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2019
- 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.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- George R. Bedell ; 1960
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1949-1950
- NotesAdditional notes
- M. G. Smith
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 29010790
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Hausa (African people)