Book
Niger Ibos: a description of the primitive life, customs and animistic beliefs, etc., of the Ibo people of Nigeria
Cass • London • Published In 1966 • Pages:
By: Basden, George Thomas, Willis, John Ralph.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This source, written with some 15 more years of field experience, is extremely like the author's earlier work (Source 6: Basden in this file) in content and in subject coverage. The major difference seems to be that this volume gives a more comprehensive coverage of the religious beliefs and practices, with perhaps less emphasis on cannibalism than the previous work. The similarity in texts reflects the author's intention to document a way of life which was rapidly disappearing during his own tenure among the Igbo rather than to record his own experiences and observations as such.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Prayers and sacrifices
- Judicial authority
- Revelation and divination
- Etiquette
- Adolescence, adulthood, and old age
- Marriage
- Polygamy
- Termination of marriage
- Burial practices and funerals
- Mourning
- Woodworking
- Smiths and their crafts
- Slavery
- Childbirth
- Offenses against life
- Division of labor by gender
- Retail marketing
- Recreation
- Music
- Sodalities
- Vegetable production
- Arboriculture
- Literary texts
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Igbo
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2003
- 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
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Missionary
- 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
- Jan Simpson ; 1980
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1900-1935
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1900-1937
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- East Central State (mainly the northern and central parts of Igbo territory, but the whole of Igboland is covered), Nigeria
- NotesAdditional notes
- George T. Basden ; new bibliographical note by John Ralph Willis
- The notes appearing at the ends of chapters have been indexed separately.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 439-445)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 66070426
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Igbo (African people)