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Field name | Value |
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Reference | RICHARDS/2/19 |
Library/Archive | London School of Economics and Political Science |
Title | Fieldwork: economic rites |
Author/Creator | Richards, Audrey |
Date | 1930-1957 |
Collection | RICHARDS/2: Bemba alphabetical files, a-cc |
Collection Overview | Field notes produced by Audrey Richards during her fieldwork among the Bemba in what is now known as the Northern Province of Northern Zambia. They were reorganised by Audrey Richards and her research assistant Linda Hunt and were divided into the two sequences. The material was collected during two periods of fieldwork, one from 1930 to 1931 and the second (after a period of writing up in England) from 1933 to 1934. Some notes were also added after a brief subsequent visit in 1957. |
Document Type | Diary; Ephemera |
Theme | Food Rituals, Feasting and Religion; Farming and Agricultural Industrialisation |
Subjects | agriculture feasts food tradition harvest rituals religion |
Description | Primary fieldwork data collected by Audrey Richards concerning the blessing of seeds, sowing and reaping of male, luchembe, kutanda, and kutema; harvest rites; rain ceremonies; Chiefs' court ceremonies; Kutema rites; burning the gardens; Chinsali ceremonies. |
Countries | Zambia |
Language | English; Bemba |
Note | Please note that some of the metadata for this document has been drawn from the catalogue of the London School of Economics and Political Science. |
Copyright and Source Archive | Material sourced from the London School of Economics and Political Science |