Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource
Series Statement:
eHRAF World Cultures
Keywords:
Kpelle (African people)
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Kpelle (African people)--Marriage customs and rites
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Kpelle (African people)--Economic conditions
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Kpelle (African people)--Social conditions
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Poro (Society)
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Kpelle (African people)--Rites and ceremonies
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Secrecy
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Liberia--Social life and customs
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Kpelle (African people)--Social life and customs
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Kpelle (African people)--Religion
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Folk classification--Liberia
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Children, Kpelle
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Socialization--Case studies
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Kpelle (African people)--Education
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Education--Liberia
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Children, Kpelle-Education
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Children, Kpelle-Games
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Children, Kpelle-Cultural assimilation
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Learning, Psychology of
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Child development-Liberia-Gbarngasuakwelle
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Child psychology-Liberia--Gbarngasuakwelle
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Gbarngasuakwelle (Liberia)-Social life and customs
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Kpelle
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Kpelle
Abstract:
This collection about the Kpelle consists of 10 documents, covering a variety of cultural information, from the 1910s to the 1980s. German ethnologist Diedrich H. Westermann describes Kpelle environment, economy, language, family, social organization, religion and arts as observed in 1914-1915. His work is the oldest and by far the largest in the collection, though Gibbs provides a more general social and cultural summary of Kpelle based on ethnographic fieldwork conducted in 1957-1958. The remaining 8 documents are results of research concerned with specific issues and the focus of most of these studies was on rural Kpelle communities in Liberia. Kpelle communities found in cities (e.g., Monorovia) and outside Liberia (e.g., Kpelle of Guinea or Guerzé) are not covered. The Kpelle are the largest ethnic group in the West African nation of Liberia and a significant group in neighboring Guinea
Note:
Culture summary: Kpelle - Gerald M. Erchak - 2009 -- - The Kpelle of Liberia - James L. Gibbs, Jr. - 1965 -- - Women and marriage in Kpelle society - Caroline H. Bledsoe - 1980 -- - The language of secrecy: symbols & metaphors in Poro ritual - By Beryl Larry Bellman - 1984 -- - Village of curers and assassins: on the production of Fala Kpelle cosmolotical categories - By Beryl Larry Bellman - 1975 -- - The Kpelle: a negro tribe in Liberia - Diedrich H. Westerman - 1921 -- - Full respect: Kpelle children in adaptation - Gerald Michael Erchak - 1977 -- - Marital instability among the Kpelle: towards a theory of epainogamy - James L. Gibbs - 1963 -- - Poro values and courtroom procedures in a Kpelle chiefdom - James L. Gibbs, Jr. - 1962 -- - The Kpelle moot: a therapeutic model for the informal settlement of disputes - James L. Gibbs, Jr. - 1963 -- - Playing on the mother-ground: cultural routines for children's development - David F. Lancy - 1996
