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Author: Author's name as listed in Library of Congress records
Amadiume, Ifi, 1947-
Title:
Afrikan matriarchal foundations: the Igbo case
Published By: Original publisher
London: Karnak House. 1987. 87 p. ill.
By line: Author's name as appearing in the actual publication
Ifi Amadiume
HRAF Publication Information: New Haven, Conn.:
Human Relations Area Files, 2003. Computer File
Culture: Culture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC) with the alphanumberic OWC identifier in parenthesis.
Igbo (FF26)
Subjects: Document-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Status, role, and prestige (554);
Gender status (562);
Lineages (613);
Spirits and gods (776);
Sacred objects and places (778);
Prayers and sacrifices (782);
Priesthood (793);
Organized ceremonial (796);
Abstract: Brief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In this work, Amadiume attempts to demonstrate that Igbo
societies are based on a matriarchal foundation, as is the case in most of Africa. In her
analysis of the data the author describes the many ways in which Igbo women generate and
manipulate ideologies in the society, as for example, in the very sophisticated and
egalitarian system, extemely favorable to women, found in the traditional system in Nnobi.
At the center of this system is the worship of the goddess Idemili, a religion and culture
dating back to 3000 B.C. (p. 11).
Document Number: HRAF's in-house numbering system derived from the processing order of documents
39
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.
ff26-039
Document Type: May include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs or chapters/parts of monographs.
Monograph
Language: Language that the document is written in
English
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 85-86)
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
Indigene, Ethnologist-5
Analyst: The HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection.
John Beierle ; 2001
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)
town of Nnobi, Idemili local government area,
Anambra State, Nigeria
LCSH: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Igbo (African people)
