Notes on some Herero genealogies
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7554586 |
|---|---|
| Authors | I Schapera (University of London, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1979 |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 17-42 |
| Publication date | 1979-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | African Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-0184 • E-ISSN: 1469-2872 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00020187908707529 |
| OpenAlex | W2048990226 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 14 |
| References cited | 1 |
The material published in this paper may be regarded as a factual contribution to the study of Herero history and social organization. Except for the genealogies themselves, which are mainly of historical value, it does not add much that is new to our knowledge of the people, but it does provide some concrete data in the light of which we can examine various current assumptions or differences of opinion about social groupings and marriage regulations. The genealogies confirm the statements of previous writers that the Herero practise cross‐cousin marriage, but not marriage between parallel cousins. They show also that a man often takes additional wives from among the relatives of his first, notably younger sisters; and, what has hitherto received little attention, that the wives of closely‐related men are fairly often closely‐related too. Among the otuzo (patriclans) named by informants are three not mentioned by earlier writers. Reference is also made in Text I to what seem to be “fraternities” of otuzo, possibly combinations of several under a single “great chief”. This particular statement certainly needs further investigation. Whatever was originally the rule, the omaanda (matriclans) have within recent times not been exogamous; roughly one marriage out of five (in a sample of 71) was between members of the same eanda. On the other hand, the genealogies contain no instance of marriage between members of the same oruzo, though the relevant information is available for 62 cases. This suggests that marriage within the oruzo, if it occurs at all (and informants said that it is not prohibited), is far less common than marriage within the eanda
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| Unique citing works | 14 |
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| Citations per year | 0,19 |
| Citation span | 1954 - 2016 (63) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 13 |