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Social interaction and the management of Songhay socio-political change
Africa • 51 (3) • Published In 1981 • Pages: 765-780
By: Stoller, Paul.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This book examines the transformation of Songhai social structure during the colonial period. With the end of slavery, the establishment of a colonial government, and the introduction of universal education, alternative paths to prestige and power for ethnic minorities and former slaves undermined traditional Songhai statuses. The expansion of trade and advent of a market economy during the colonial period provided non-Songhai merchants with more wealth and power. The author examines the informal institution of discussion groups—centered on Songhai nobles or non-Songhai merchants—and how they compete for prestige and political power.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Mercantile business
- Status, role, and prestige
- Ethnic stratification
- Classes
- Slavery
- External relations
- 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.
- 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; 2016
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1976-1977
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1898-1977
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Mehanna, Tera department, Tillabéri, Niger
- NotesAdditional notes
- Paul Stoller
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 779-780)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 29010790
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Songhai (African people)