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Author: Author's name as listed in Library of Congress records
Amoo, J. W. A.
Title:
The effect of western influence on Akan marriage
Published in: if part or section of a book or monograph
Africa -- Vol. 16, no. 4
Published By: Original publisher
Africa -- Vol. 16, no. 4
London: International Institute of African Languages and
Cultures. 1946. 228-237 p.
By line: Author's name as appearing in the actual publication
J. W. A. Amoo
HRAF Publication Information: New Haven, Conn.:
Human Relations Area Files, 2019. Computer File
Culture: Culture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC) with the alphanumberic OWC identifier in parenthesis.
Akan (FE12)
Subjects: Document-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Abstract: Brief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article is a general study of marriage among the
Akans, covering such aspects as polygamy, betrothal, fmaily obligations, status, divorce,
and death. The Afro-European marriage and its disadvantages are explored. Amoo concludes
with an analysis of the economic, educational, and social disadvantages of the present
system and suggested reforms.
Document Number: HRAF's in-house numbering system derived from the processing order of documents
20
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.
fe12-020
Document Type: May include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs or chapters/parts of monographs.
Journal Article
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
no date
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.
Cory Berman ; 1954
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)
Ghana
LCSH: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Twi (African peoples)
