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Le système familial songhay-zarma
Journal des africanistes • Paris • Published In 1992 • Pages: 161-181
By: Bisilliat, Jeanne, Laya, Diouldé.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This French language article covers Songhai familial relationships, including brother-sister, paternal uncle-nephew, maternal uncle-nephew, parent-child, spousal, cousin, and grandparent-grandchild. It discusses the relative status, distance, authority, and familiarity (joking) found in each pair. For example, the close relationship between brother and sister carries over to adulthood, and extends to the responsibilities and roles they have for their nieces and nephews, even though they are from separate lineages. Additionally, the roles family members play in life-cycle events are examined.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Mode of marriage
- Termination of marriage
- Residence
- Household
- Family relationships
- Polygamy
- Kin relationships
- Avuncular and nepotic relatives
- Cousins
- Parents-in-law and children-in-law
- Siblings-in-law
- Lineages
- Child care
- Transmission of cultural norms
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Songhai
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2016
- 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
- Ian Skoggard; 2016
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1970
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1970
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Sarando, Tillabéri, Niger
- NotesAdditional notes
- Jeanne Bisilliat ; Diouldé Laya
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 180)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 79646074
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Songhai (African people)