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Author: Author's name as listed in Library of Congress records
Richards, Audrey I. (Audrey Isabel),
1899-1984
Title:
The political system of the Bemba tribe: North-Eastern
Rhodesia
Published in: if part or section of a book or monograph
African political systems, edited by M. Fortes and E. E.
Evans-Pritchard
Published By: Original publisher
African political systems, edited by M. Fortes and E. E.
Evans-Pritchard
London, New York [etc.]: Pub. for the International
Institute of African Languages & Cultures by the Oxford University Press, H.
Milford. 1940. 83-120 p.
By line: Author's name as appearing in the actual publication
by Audrey I. Richards
HRAF Publication Information: New Haven, Conn.:
Human Relations Area Files, 1997. Computer File
Culture: Culture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC) with the alphanumberic OWC identifier in parenthesis.
Bemba (FQ05)
Subjects: Document-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Territorial hierarchy (631);
Government institutions (640);
Abstract: Brief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This essay is a highly compressed study of the Bemba
political system. The author at the time, was a Reader in Social Anthropology at the London
School of Economics and Political Science. The essay discusses the inter-relationships of
the Bemba political organization, kinship structure and religious practices. It analyzes
systematically the bases of authority, functions of leadership, and the machinery of
government. The final portion is devoted to a description and analysis of post-European
changes.
Document Number: HRAF's in-house numbering system derived from the processing order of documents
7
Document ID: HRAF's unique document identifier. The first part is the OWC identifier and the second part is the document number in three digits.
fq05-007
Document Type: May include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs or chapters/parts of monographs.
Essay
Language: Language that the document is written in
English
Field Date: The date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1930-1934
Evaluation: In this alphanumeric code, the first part designates the type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigene, and so on. The second part is 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
Ethnologist-5
Analyst: The HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection.
Robert Lee ; 1958
Coverage Date: The date or dates that the information in the document pertains to (often not the same as the field date).
not specified
Coverage Place: Location of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Zambia
LCSH: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Bemba (African people)
