Area in south-central Africa where societies tend to be matrilineal
In anthropology, the matrilineal belt is an area in Africa south of the equator centered in south-central Africa where matrilineality is predominant. The matrilineal belt runs diagonally from the Atlantic to the Indian ocean, crossing Angola, Zambia, Malawi and Mozambique. The belt is linked to horticultural household economics, and Bantu groups that have embraced pastoralism have tended to lose matrilinearity.[1]
Hypotheses linking the matrilineal belt to a supposed matrilineal Bantu expansion have been rejected as lacking evidence.[2]
^Holden, Clare–Janaki; Ruth, Mace (2003). "Spread of cattle led to the loss of matrilineal descent in Africa: a coevolutionary analysis". Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B. 270 (1532): 2425–2433. doi:10.1098/rspb.2003.2535. PMC 1691535. PMID 14667331.
^Kuper, Adam; Van Leynseele, Pierre (1978). "Social Anthropology and the 'Bantu expansion'". Africa: Journal of the International African Institute. 48 (4): 335–352. doi:10.2307/1158800. JSTOR 1158800. S2CID 145719221.
Matrilineality is the tracing of kinship through the female line. It may also correlate with a social system in which each person is identified with their...
into the forest, let alone movement on a larger scale." Bantu peoples Matrilinealbelt Pre-modern human migration Nurse, Derek; Philippson, Gérard (2003)...
India's tribal belt refers to contiguous areas of settlement of tribal people of India, that is, groups or tribes that remained genetically homogenous...
common female ancestor, in observance of Marumakkathayam law. These matrilineally-defined family units along with their unusual marriage customs, which...
the tribe's matrilineal tradition. In another version, Mokoto had a vision that he had to marry his daughter in order to create a matrilineal dynasty. She...
communities have a number of symbolic oral narratives Adiyan: Adiyans are a matrilineal Tribal group, who were treated as bonded slave labourers by the landlords...
Nessa of Ulster. Matrilineality (the transmission of property through the female line) is not attested for the Celts either. In a matrilineal society, children...
clans werer formally organised on the basis of matrilineal exogamy. They were divided into several matrilineal clans called nikni. Although, the hajongs were...
They are highly social; some populations are composed of highly stable matrilineal family groups (pods). Their sophisticated hunting techniques and vocal...
confusion for European sources, coming from a patriarchal society, was the matrilineal kinship system of Iroquois society and the related power of women. The...
Meghalaya. Unlike many Indian states, Meghalaya has historically followed a matrilineal system where the lineage and inheritance are traced through women; the...
the Yanyuan County in Sichuan, there still exist remnants of the Mosuo matrilineal family structure, which was vigorously but unsuccessfully eradicated...
can also be a token object such as a certificate, diploma, championship belt, trophy, or plaque. The award may also be accompanied by a title of honor...
place. The term distaff is also used as an adjective to describe the matrilineal branch of a family, i.e., to the person's mother and her blood relatives...
400 Bengali Muslims. Palauan society follows a very strict matrilineal system. Matrilineal practices are seen in nearly every aspect of Palauan traditions...
living with their brothers, and property is passed matrilineally. A similar form of matrilineal, de facto polyandry can be found in the institution of...
merchants using their fingers and toes (followed to this day), and the matrilineal system of succession (Marumakkathayam). Abdur Razzak (1442–43), Niccolò...
husband or partner. Some Bhutanese communities have what is referred to as matrilineal communities, where the eldest daughter receives the largest share of...
Khasis have been granted the status of Scheduled tribe. The Khasis are a matrilineal society. Jaintia, an ethnic group living in Sylhet region and also known...
nevertheless, it is estimated that their ruling families were originally either matrilineal or not entirely patrilineal. The Chutia people experienced Sanskritisation...
chiefdoms or complex chiefdoms. For example, Hurons were divided into matrilineal clans, each represented by a chief in the town council, where they met...
Sophia Dorothea of Hanover and nephew of George II of Great Britain was matrilineally descended from Alexander II d'Esmiers, Marquis d'Olbreuse, a Huguenot...
clan mothers, rather than elected. One's clan is determined by their matrilineal lineage, meaning that clan membership is inherited from the mother. Membership...
Haudenosaunee Six Nations and the Southeast Muskogean tribes, are traditionally matrilineal, with property and hereditary leadership passed through the maternal...
1892 and 1893, they still traced descent in the maternal line, in a matrilineal kinship system. Three clans were active: Ita aⁿyadi, Deer people; Oⁿʇi...
Global Information