AFRICANA SUBJECT FUNNEL REPORT
ALC CATALOGING COMMITTEE
Spring 2005
A total of 15 new and 18 revised subject authorities have been submitted to the Library of Congress since the last update (Fall 2004), through the end of March. These proposals came from Lauer (Michigan State), Janet Stanley (Smithsonian), Shoshana Seidman (Northwestern), Dan Reboussin (Florida), and Charles Riley (Yale).
NEW HEADINGS SUBMITTED
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Amharic drama |
Kxoe language (or Khwe) |
| Children's plays, Amharic | Mbali (African people) |
| Ciaka (African people) | Nkonya (African people) |
| College students' writings, Ethiopian | Proverbs, Ovambo |
| Dakakari (African people) | Songo (African people) |
| Gan (African people) | Yasa language |
| Imbangala (African people) | Yungur (African people) |
| Kusu (African people) |
REVISIONS SUBMITTED
| Baka language (Cameroon and Gabon) | Letter writing, Swahili - InU |
| Bukusu (African people) | Love stories, Nigerian (English) -- UPB |
| Bukusu (African people)--Folklore | Masks, Igbo – OgraD |
| Chapbooks, Nigerian | Modernism (Art)--African influences -- MdBJ |
| Kabiye language | Montu (Egyptian deity) - MH |
| Khoikhoi (African people) | Mpumalanga Provincial Government Complex (South Africa) |
| Kuanyama (African people) | Mural painting and decoration, Mozambican |
| Kuanyama language | Namib-Naukluft Park (Namibia) |
It has been another enjoyable and busy year as coordinator of this project. During the months of Oct. 2004-March 2005, I added 59 headings to my review file. Of these, only 21 were vetted and submitted to Library of Congress (LC). (The other 12 in the above list were first added earlier.) The backlog continues to grow, as I continue to research obscure topics.
A major achievement since last Fall was the March submission of 8 new or revised headings in connection with the confusion between the Mbundu and Ovimbundu peoples of Angola. Janet Stanley first brought this problem to my attention in September 2001. Old priorities I hope to submit before Fall are the elimination of Hamitic from headings and revisions in the use of “Bantu-speaking peoples” and “Indigenous peoples”, especially as used for the majority population of South Africa.
The review at LC is usually quite timely. Sometimes there are transmission problems. I usually get timely notification of changes. For example, “Nigerian market literature” was accepted as a cross-reference but not as a replacement for “Chapbooks, Nigerian.”
I continue to monitor the Tentative Weekly List and Weekly List of new or revised headings and have noticed a trend to remove BTs and RTs that are only loosely related to the heading. The appendix lists the 98 new subjects submitted by non-funnel sources, including 35 from LC.
Joseph J. Lauer; May 4, 2005
APPENDIX: NON-FUNNEL NEW AFRICANA SUBJECT HEADINGS
The Weekly List,. Oct. 2004-March 2005, of LC’s Cataloging Policy and Support Office, included the following newly approved headings, in addition to those submitted by the ALC funnel. The submitting library’s NUC code appears after the entry, except for those from LC. Revised authority records are not included in this list.
| Abayudaya Adventure stories, Zambian (English) -- UPB Africa--Civilization--Andalusian influences -- CSt Africa--Civilization--Islamic influences -- CSt African Americans--Liberia Africanis Americo-Liberians -- InU-AT Anglo-Egyptian War, 1882 -- Uk Art, North African Art, North African--European influences Art, Tanzanian -- InU Art, Urhobo -- GU Arts, Algerian -- PPiU Atlases, Lesotho -- IEN Awlad Dalim (Arab tribe) Bade language -- CLU Bakossi Mountains (Cameroon) -- Uk Bole language -- CLU Budongo Forest (Uganda) Cahora Bassa Dam (Mozambique) -- WaU Children, Tuareg Choral music--Africa, East Civics, Guinean -- IEN Civics, Namibian Dams--Mozambique Drawing, San -- MH-P Endo language -- CSt English literature--Algerian authors Ethnology--Western Sahara Euhemeria (Extinct city) -- MiU Folk drama, Xhosa -- UPB Folk drama, Yoruba -- UPB Folk literature, Amharic -- UPB Folk literature, Ethiopic -- UPB Folk literature, Kamba -- UPB Folk literature, Yoruba -- UPB Franc, CFA -- UkCU Gay men's writings, South African (English) -- WaU Gods, African, in art -- MH-P Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park Harbors--Kenya -- IEN Immigrants' writings, South African (English) -- WaU Isieon Tryphonos (Extinct city) -- MiU Jews--Uganda Kamba literature -- UPB Kameliane (Egypt) -- MiU Karekare language -- CLU Kilindini Harbour (Kenya) -- IEN Koma (Ghanaian people) |
Kwaya (Music) -- InU-A |
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