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An example of the evolution of rural Africa: the progressive role of the age-brotherhoods on the banks of the Senegal
Farm and forest • 6 • Published In 1945 • Pages: HRAF MS: 6 [Original: 106-108 ]
By: Robin, J., Moore, Grace W..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article discusses the organization and functions of the newly developed 'KOTIZE' or federation of age-grades in rural villages.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Age stratification
- Community councils
- Informal in-group justice
- Local officials
- Visiting and hospitality
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Wolof
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1999
- 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.
- Government Official
- 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
- Joan Steffens ; 1963
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1944
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1944
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Senegal region
- NotesAdditional notes
- J. Robin
- Translation of: Un Exemple d'Evolution de l'Afrique Rurale: le Role Progressif des Fraternites d'Age sur les Rives du Senegal
- The original French text is not included
- Translated for the HRAF files by Grace W. Moore
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- sn92022009
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Wolof (African people)