Arthur John Newman Tremearne

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Arthur John Newman Tremearne , better known under the acronym AJN Tremearne , (* 1877 in Melbourne ; † 1915 ) was a British major, ethnologist and Africa explorer. He wrote important ethnographic works on the inhabitants of northern Nigeria and the Hausa .

His work The Ban of the Bori is considered an ethnological classic . Demons and demon-dancing in West and North-Africa on the traditional Hausa cult of possession.

Works

  • The tailed head-hunters of Nigeria: an account of an official's seven years experiences in the Northern Nigerian Pagan Belt; and a description of the manners, habits, and customs of the native tribes. London 1912
  • Hausa superstitions and customs: an introduction to the Folk-Lore and the Folk. London 1913. ( PDF file; 62 MB )
  • Some Austral-African notes and anecdotes. John Bale Sons & Danielsson, London 1913.
  • The Ban of the Bori. Demons and demon-dancing in West and North-Africa. London 1914. New digital edition: Frank Cass Publishers, London 1968.
  • Contribution in Georg Buschan (Ed.): Die Sitten der Völker. Vol. 2, Union Deutsche Verlagsges., Stuttgart around 1920.

literature

  • AC Haddon: Major AJN Tremearne. Folklore, Vol. 26, No. 4, December 31, 1915, p. 431 f.
personal data
SURNAME Tremearne, Arthur John Newman
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Tremearne, AJN
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British major, ethnologist and African explorer
DATE OF BIRTH 1877
PLACE OF BIRTH Melbourne
DATE OF DEATH 1915