Mende Of Sierra Leone Ils 65

Kenneth Little

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2013
• Print ISBN: 9780415175753
• eBook ISBN: 9781135034696
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Social Sciences
• Subtopic: Sociology
• Index: Social Sciences

The social, political and economic impact of the decline of the old colonial powers in Africa, India and the Middle East are still key areas of scholarly research and debate. Based on careful social observation and empirical research, these titles explore the tension between agriculture and industry in developing economies, and trace the complex political process of independence. Aimed at administrators and academics, these studies are central to Development Studies, and also present the work of renowned anthropologists such as Raymond Firth.

INDEX

adari, fish, 283; prices for, 285, 288

Administrative methods, see British administration, Native administration

Adultery, flogging for, 166

Adult life, social implications of, 130–1

‘African Club’, 268–9

Ahmaddiyyah, a sect, 274n.

Alldridge, T. J.: cited, 24 and n., 33n., 37n., 54 and n., 129 and n., 255 and n., 295n., 261n.; treaties of friendship with the Mende, 45; quoted, 54–6

Allotments, payments of, 166

Almania, a society, 270, 276

‘A-wa-o’ (‘All come!’), sign of victory, 35

Background, material, of the Mende, 66–71

Bagru river, raided by the Mende, 44

Bai Burch, a Timne sub-chief, conflict with, 47, 48

Bai Comber, Hon., Paramount Chief: cited, 32n.; quoted, 178–9

Baiima, Treaty No. 119 signed at, 179

Banbury, G. A. Lethbury: quoted, 51 and n.

Bandajuma, police station attacked at, 48

Banton, M.: cited, 15 and n.

‘Bar’, an indefinite quantity, 37

Barracuda, fish, 283

Barrenness, not sufficient ground for dissolution of marriage, 160

barri, the, 67, 102, 125, 128, 131, 148, 154, 190, 259

Barter, 37

Bassir, Mr. O.: cited, 281n.

Baw-baw Tamba of Jolu, Sub-chief, asked to be recognized as Paramount Chief, 178

Beatty, K. J.: cited, 233n.

bεmbε, hired farm workers, 81

Berry, R. G.: cited, 233n.

Biyi, Esu: cited, 250n.

Blacksmithing, see Occupations

bla lome, a gown, 155

Bo, the ‘capital’ town of Mendeland, 11, 63, 65, 285, 286; population not all Mende in origin, 63; district census (1948), 65; the Ramadan fast ceremonies at, 275–6; account of burial of a Moslem woman at, 276–9; expenses of fish trader from, 286

Bo African Club, see Women

Bockhari, J.: cited, 11 and n.

Bɔfima, an anti-social medicine, 233, 234 and n.

Boi, first girl named, 113

bolemui, 245

Bonduwolo, murder of chief of, 32

bonga, dried fish, 69 and n., 281, 283, 284, 285, 286–7, 288; prices for, 284, 286, 288

bonga-trader, the, 281–8

Bongɔi, section of the Humui, 250

Bonthe, a fishing port, 281; fish trade at, 283, 284–8; value of fish per week leaving, 286

Bourne, H. R. Fox; quoted, 52 and n.; cited, 57 and n.

boya hani, 158

Bridewealth: slavery and, 37; may be advanced for a wife, 100; foregoing of, 115; securing of, 140 and n., 154–5; no reclaiming of, 157; refund of, 160; reclaim of, 161–2; the law and, 172 and n., 186–9, 213

British, the: political contacts with Mendeland, 43–6; territorial expansion of, 44; authority and influence of, 58; domination by (1898), 90

British administration: expansion an...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Halftitle
• Title
• Copyright
• Preface
• Author’s Note
• Acknowledgements
• Contents
• Maps and Diagrams
• I. Traditional Culture and Warfare
• II. Post-Mortem on the Mende Rising
• III. Modern Mendeland and its People
• IV. Rice-Farming and Land Tenure
• V. Social Organization and Kinship
• VI. The Social Cycle and Initiation
• VII. Marriage and ‘Friendship’
• VIII. The Position of Women
• IX. The Chief and his Chiefdom
• X. Modern Methods of Government
• XI. Religion and Medicine
• XII. Cultural Rôle of the Poro and Other Societies
• XIII. The Modern Social Trend
• Appendices
• Bibliography
• Index