AFRICANA SUBJECT FUNNEL REPORT
ALC CATALOGING COMMITTEE
Spring 2003
A total of 25 new and 10 revised subject authorities have been submitted to the Library of Congress since the last update (Fall 2002). In some case, the revisions were merely changes to the cross-references. A few of such simple changes were omitted from the Fall 2002 report.
NEW HEADINGS SUBMITTED
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Ahanta (African people) |
Masks, Bwa |
| Ahanta language | Ndau (African people) |
| Awori (African people) | Ndunga language |
| Bago (Togolese people) | Ngbandi (African people) |
| Bata language | Nyungwe (African people) |
| Bwa (African people) | Proverbs, Bwa |
| Dzing (African people) | Ron (African people) |
| Folk literature, Shi | Shi literature |
| Ife (African people) | Shu (African people) |
| Kololo (African people) | Taneka (African people) |
| Koma (Nigerian people) | Tigrinya poetry |
| Kusu language | Yemma (African people) |
| Yowa (African people) |
REVISIONS SUBMITTED
Bembe (Congolese (Brazzaville) people) rev. of Bembe (West African
people)
Bembe (Congolese (Demo. Rep.) people) rev. of Bembe (East African people)
Bobo Fing (African people)
Bwamu language
Mbosi language
Nyanja language
Nyungwe language
Sena language
Shi (African people) rev. of Bashi (African people)
Terra-cotta sculpture, Ghanaian - rev. of Terra-cotta sculpture, Koma
In addition to the above, Margaret Hughes at Stanford and others have submitted many Africana headings. This raises questions as to whether changes that did not go to the list should be included; and whether a list of all new Africana headings is wanted.
The processing at LC is reasonably timely. For example, headings which I submitted on Nov. 16, 2002 showed up on the Weekly List no. 5 for Jan. 29, 2003. These appear on a tentative list about 10 days earlier; so there is approximately a 2-month delay. Most of the headings listed above were forwarded within the past month.
My work as funnel coordinator continues to be time-consuming. Often the research for a change is one heading turns up another 2-10 headings needing revision or creation. Some of my priorities (e.g., Mbundu/Ovimbundu; We/Gere/Krahn; Hamitic; Bantu-speaking/Indigenous peoples) have yet to be input. Since Nov. 2002, I have added 122 headings to my file of proposed or revised headings. Most are from Janet Stanley; others are from a personal file or Shoshana Seidman. Not all are being actively worked on.
Joseph J. Lauer - April 23, 2003; r. 10/03
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