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EDITION OF THE DIARY OF THE ANTHROPOLOGICAL AND ETHNOLOGICAL CARAVAN OF THE EXPEDITION TO CENTRAL AFRICA IN 1907–1909 BY JAN CZEKANOWSKI

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Title: EDITION OF THE DIARY OF THE ANTHROPOLOGICAL AND ETHNOLOGICAL CARAVAN OF THE EXPEDITION TO CENTRAL AFRICA IN 1907–1909 BY JAN CZEKANOWSKI
Authors: Joanna Bar, Michał Tymowski
Source: Asian and African Studies, Vol 34, Iss 1, Pp 81-92 (2025)
Publisher Information: Central Library of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, 2025.
Publication Year: 2025
Subject Terms: Central Africa, jan czekanowski, History of Asia, Jan Czekanowski, DS1-937, East Africa, GN1-890, central africa, dziennik, Afryka Wschodnia, Anthropology, Afryka Środkowa, diary, east africa
Description: The aim of this article is to present a new Polish publishing initiative related to the publicati on of the Diary of the anthropological-ethnological caravan of the expedition to Central Africa in 1907-1909, by Jan Czekanowski, an eminent Polish anthropologist. This publication contains rich source material, which has been provided with the necessary editorial apparatus and published in the original languages (German, French and fragments of texts in local languages) together with a translation into Polish. The two volumes of this publication, supplemented by a selection of photographs by the author, contain a total of 2350 pages. The descriptions of the material and spi ritual culture of the peoples studied in the pages of the diary are a valuable source of research: the measurements taken for physical anthropologists, the extensive dictionary listings for linguists and the musical notations for musicologists. The myths about the origins of the peoples and dynasties under study recorded by Czekanowski provide excellent material for a comparative study of the role of myths in the formation of social bonds. The historical data recorded forms a valuable basis for the study of the history of the countries in this African region, and the observations of social relations at the turn of the century constitute a valuable contribution to the analysis of contempo rary ethnic conflicts in the region.
Document Type: Article
ISSN: 2585-8793
1335-1257
DOI: 10.31577/aassav.2025.34.1.06
Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/aab21029c1c845458b7ec26b777b9f03
https://doi.org/10.31577/aassav.2025.34.1.06
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Abstract:The aim of this article is to present a new Polish publishing initiative related to the publicati on of the Diary of the anthropological-ethnological caravan of the expedition to Central Africa in 1907-1909, by Jan Czekanowski, an eminent Polish anthropologist. This publication contains rich source material, which has been provided with the necessary editorial apparatus and published in the original languages (German, French and fragments of texts in local languages) together with a translation into Polish. The two volumes of this publication, supplemented by a selection of photographs by the author, contain a total of 2350 pages. The descriptions of the material and spi ritual culture of the peoples studied in the pages of the diary are a valuable source of research: the measurements taken for physical anthropologists, the extensive dictionary listings for linguists and the musical notations for musicologists. The myths about the origins of the peoples and dynasties under study recorded by Czekanowski provide excellent material for a comparative study of the role of myths in the formation of social bonds. The historical data recorded forms a valuable basis for the study of the history of the countries in this African region, and the observations of social relations at the turn of the century constitute a valuable contribution to the analysis of contempo rary ethnic conflicts in the region.
ISSN:25858793
13351257
DOI:10.31577/aassav.2025.34.1.06