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Some aspects of child-bearing and child-rearing in a Guatemalan ladino community.

Solien De Gonzalez, N L

Published in Southwestern journal of anthropology

This paper offers descriptive data in the fields of ethnomedicine and ethnonutrition from a community of Ladino (non-Indian) in Guatemala. The data were taken from questionnaires obtained from 102 mothers on 506 living persons. Though no health facilities exist within the village, 3 midwives are in the village who deliver most of the children. (The...

The Galla or Oroma of East Africa.

Jaenen, C

Published in Southwestern journal of anthropology

This brief anthropological study describes the Galla, or Oromo meaning "free men," who constitute one of the largest racial groups in Ethiopia and a small minority in Kenya. The people are characterized as warlike, and their women wield great influence over their husbands and enjoy a large degree of freedom of movement, especially for a Moslem comm...

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Some aspects of child-bearing and child-rearing in a Guatemalan ladino community.

The Galla or Oroma of East Africa.