LIBRARY OF CONGRESS- BASED SCHEDULE FOR AFRICAN TRADITIONAL RELIGION

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2007
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ALERAIYE, ./. T.
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ZARIA JOURNAL OF LIBRARIANSHIP
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This article is yet another contribution to the nagging issue of the treatment of Africa in the major classification schemes, especially the Library of Congress. The author recognizes that it is not enough to complain and criticize without offering ideas on the solution to the problem. Hence the article is mainly a structure of classification of African traditional religion which though tailored on the LC pattern, can fit into any scheme-international or in-house. Its breakdown gives extensive details on the subject as well as accommodates all the groups and nationalities of Africa based roughly on the national geographical boundaries. It is made sufficiently flexible to include every known and unknown ethnic groups in Africa, Its tables also facilitate expansion where necessary. Because the author has in mind the LC the suggested sub-class in schedule "B" which comes under the assigned range for Religions in the Scheme.
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LIBRARY,, CONGRESS- BASED,, SCHEDULE,, AFRICAN,, TRADITIONAL,, RELIGION,
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