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1994 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

Comparative Studies of Women in African Societies : Their Traditional Positions and Modern Adaptation

Research Project

Project/Area Number 04041116
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for international Scientific Research

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
SectionField Research
Research InstitutionNational Museum of Ethnology

Principal Investigator

WADA Shohei  National Museum of Ethnology, 第三研究部, 教授 (50110086)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) YOSHIDA Kenji  National Museum of Ethnology, 第四研究部, 助教授 (10192808)
OGAWA Ryo  Kyoto Seika University, 人文学部, 教授 (60124228)
HATA Nobuyuki  National Museum of Ethnology, 第三研究部, 教授 (90044742)
Project Period (FY) 1992 – 1994
KeywordsAfrican societies / women and men / sex role / tradition and change / social position and role / economic activity of women / urban-rural relations
Research Abstract

This research was conducted for three fiscal years from 1992 to 1994 on the subsject of "Comparative Studies of Women in African Societies : Their Traditional Positions and Modern Adaptation ", mainly in Senegal, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Cameroon, Zambia and Tanzania.
In north-western Cameroon、we investigated a change of sexual division of labor which is observed in the process of urbanization snd currency economization. We found out that male groups formed associations of rich-farmers and extended their rich-farming while female groups purchased the land and planted valuable cash crops. We also investigated daily life and social position of Fulbe women in northern Cameroon, based on direct observation and analysis of oral tradition. We tried to show the life of women from various points of view, and described actual relationships between women and men.
In Senegal, we explicated the economic activities of urbanite. We especially paid attention on activities of female workers engaged in the informal sector, because such activities are closely related to economic development of the whole nation.
In Zambia, we studied rituals practiced separately by men and women among the Chewa and Ngoni. The cult of "Holy spirit" was introduced into matrilineal Chewa society from patrilineal Ngoni society, and main followers of this cult changed from men to women. We pointed out that this cult playd important role inreorganizing of indigenous ritual associations.
In cote d'Ivoire, we investigated a change of role of women in daily works, caused by an increasing demand for processed foodstuffs made of cassava.
Based on the result of our research, we would like to point out the importance of several view points for cultural anthropological studies of gender : the relatedness between women and change ; flexibility of sex role in the course of social change ; dynamism of women's activities.

  • Research Products

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All Publications (24 results)

  • [Publications] 吉田 憲司: "聖書を生きる人びと" 国立民族学博物館研究報告. (発表予定).

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  • [Publications] 阿久津 昌三: "衣裳と身分標識-アサンテにおける王権の象徴性-" 信州大学教育学部紀要. 第79号. 103-116 (1993)

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  • [Publications] 阿久津 昌三: "アフリカにおける伝統的都市の諸性格" 信州大学教育学部紀要. 第81号. 71-84 (1994)

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  • [Publications] 阿久津 昌三: "死の集合表象-身分と霊魂・生者と死者-" 信州大学教育学部紀要. 第83号. 117-129 (1994)

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  • [Publications] 阿久津 昌三: "王権の図像学-ガーナ、アクアペン王国のオジュラ祭りから-(仮題)" 季刊民族学. 第74号(発行予定). (1995)

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  • [Publications] 和田 正平: "土地侵犯者はだれだ" 月刊みんぱく. 18-7. 15-17 (1994)

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  • [Publications] 栗田 和明: "空間認識研究の方法-ニャキュウサ人の例からの予備的考察-" リトルワールド研究報告. (発表予定).

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  • [Publications] 江口 一久: "セヌフォ族のコーラ" 月刊みんぱく. 18-3(表紙裏). (1994)

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  • [Publications] 端 信行: "諸民族の暮らしの原理から" Jiliインフォメーションプラザ. 第1号. 8-11 (1994)

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  • [Publications] 端 信行: "国家、民族と文化" 国際文化研修. 第4号. 2-8 (1994)

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  • [Publications] 和田 正平: "裸体人類学-裸族からみた西欧文化-" 中央公論社, 196 (1994)

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  • [Publications] Kenji YOSHIDA: "Children's Masquerades in Africa" University of Washington Press(発行予定),

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  • [Publications] Shohei WADA: ""Who is the invader of the land ? "" Gekkan Minpaku (Minpaku Monthly). 18-7. 15-17 (1994)

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  • [Publications] Kazuhisa EGUCHI: "Cola among the Senufo" Gekkan Minpaku (Minpaku Monthly). 18-3. (1994)

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  • [Publications] Nobuyuki HATA: "Principles of the life of ethnic groups" Jili Information Plaza. 1. 8-11 (1994)

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  • [Publications] Nobuyuki HATA: "Nation, ethnicity and culture" Kokusai Bunka Kensyu. 4. 2-8 (1994)

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  • [Publications] Shozo AKUTSU: "Costume and identity : Asante royal symbolism" Journal of the Faculty of Education, shinsyu University. 79. 103-116 (1993)

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  • [Publications] Shozo AKUTSU: "Characteristics of the royal town in Africa" Journal of the Faculty of Education, shinsyu University. 81. 71-84 (1994)

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  • [Publications] Shozo AKUTSU: "Collective representation of death among the Asante" Journal of the Faculty of Education, shinsyu University. 83. 117-129 (1994)

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  • [Publications] Shozo AKUTSU: "Iconography of the kingship : A case study of the Akuapem kingdom" Kikan Minzokugaku (Ethnological Quarterly). 74 (in press). (1995)

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  • [Publications] Kazuaki KURITA: ""Some methods of the spacial cognition study"" Little World Studies. 12 (in press). (1995)

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  • [Publications] Kenji YOSHIDA: "The people living on the Bible" Bulletin of the National Museum of Ethnology. (in press).

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  • [Publications] Shohei WADA: Chuo Koronsya. Anthropology of the naked bodies, 196 (1994)

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  • [Publications] Kenji YOSHIDA: University of Washington Press (in press). Children's masquerades in Africa,

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Published: 1996-04-15  

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