Coordinator: Margaret W. Hughes, Africana Librarians Council, Cataloging Committee
This report covers the period from Nov. 2015 to Oct. 2016. Since the last report 5 new and 10 revised subject heading proposals were reviewed by funnel participants and submitted to the Library of Congress. The proposals originated with Margaret Hughes (Stanford), Joe Lauer (Michigan State), Peter Limb (Michigan State), Janet Stanley (Smithsonian), and Marcia Tiede (Northwestern).
NEW & REVISED HEADINGS
Afo (African people) –> Afo (Nigerian people)
Attie language
Bafo (African people)
Congo (Brazzaville)—History—Coup d’état, 1968
Felup (African people) –> Jola-Felupe (African people)
Fon (African people)
Janjanbureh Island (Gambia)
Mankanya language
Margi language –> Marghi language
Okiek language
Proverbs, Ashanti – deleted in lieu of: Proverbs, Twi
Rudolf, Lake (Kenya and Ethiopia) –> Turkana, Lake (Kenya and Ethiopia)
Tuki language
Ubuntu (Philosophy)
Wumbvu language
PROPOSALS TO BE RESUBMITTED
Ajatado (African people) [see: http://www.loc.gov/aba/pcc/saco/cpsoed/psd-140616.html%5D
Berber languages [see: http://www.loc.gov/aba/pcc/saco/cpsoed/psd-150817.html%5D
Cental Atlas Tamazight language [see: http://www.loc.gov/aba/pcc/saco/cpsoed/psd-150817.html%5D
Karon (African people) [see: https://www.loc.gov/aba/pcc/saco/cpsoed/psd-151212.html%5D
Tsotsitaal languages [see: http://www.loc.gov/aba/pcc/saco/cpsoed/psd-141215.html%5D
PROPOSALS REJECTED BY LC
Indigenous peoples—South Africa; Indigenous peoples—Angola; Blacks—South Africa; Blacks—Angola
“These proposals were made to deprecate the headings Indigenous peoples—South Africa and Indigenous peoples—Angola in favor of Blacks—South Africa and Blacks—Angola, respectively.
Blacks is an ethnic group and Indigenous peoples is a class of persons. Although the indigenous peoples of South Africa and Angola are indeed black, the two headings are not synonymous. The heading Blacks refers to blacks as an element of the population, and when a country is predominantly black – as South Africa and Angola are – it is used only for works that discuss blacks apart from other groups in the country. Indigenous peoples, meanwhile, is defined as “the aboriginal inhabitants either of colonial areas or of modern states where the aboriginal peoples are not in control of the government” (see the scope notes for Blacks and Indigenous peoples).
The heading Indigenous peoples is valid for works about the colonial period in each country, as well as works about apartheid-era South Africa. It is not valid for works about post-1975 Angola and post-1994 South Africa. The heading Blacks is valid for works about blacks as a distinct element of the population during any time period, and particularly those works that discuss the group from an ethnological, anthropological, socio-economic, etc., viewpoint.
A review of LC’s database showed that the headings are generally applied correctly.
The meeting recognizes that some general headings for the indigenous peoples of the Americas (e.g., Indians of Central America) have a UF in the form Indigenous peoples—[place], thereby conflating ethnic groups and classes of persons. That exceptional practice will be resolved as a separate issue.
The proposals were not approved because the deprecated headings are not synonymous with those proposed as replacements.”
OTHER CHANGES MADE BY LC
The following authority records have been deleted because the subject headings are covered by identical name headings: Amon (Egyptian deity), Aten (Egyptian deity), Horus (Egyptian deity).
The scope notes for “diaspora” headings have been revised following the pattern for African diaspora:
African diaspora [Not Subd Geog] [sp 91005631 ]
SA headings of the type Africans–[place] or Blacks–[place] DELETE FIELD
Here are entered works dealing with the dispersion of Black Africans to countries outside of the African Continent. DELETE FIELD
Here are entered works dealing with the movement of Black Africans to countries outside of the African Continent. For works on Black Africans who have settled outside Africa, an additional heading is assigned to designate the place where they have settled, e.g., Africans–Germany; Blacks–Central America. ADD FIELD
APPENDIX: NON-FUNNEL AFRICANA SUBJECT HEADINGS (NEW)
Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings: Monthly Lists for Nov. 2015-Oct. 2016
The submitting library’s MARC21 code appears after each entry.
African drama (Portuguese) – DLC
Algeria—Social conditions—1830-1962 – CSt
Almanacs, Algerian – DLC
Almanacs, Berber – DLC
Art, Cham-Mwana – NN
Art, Gambian – DLC
Art, Rwandan – DLC
Authors, Equatorial Guinean – Uk
Bandjoun literature – CSt
Bi’r Minayh Site (Egypt) – UkCU
Cham-Mwana (African people) – NN
Collage, Algerian – DLC
Coups d’état—Congo (Brazzaville) – DLC
Creative nonfiction, African (English) – CaOONL
Cufada Lake (Guinea-Bissau) – IEN
Diouboye (Extinct city) – IEN
Dramatists, Nigerien – IEN
Drawing, Ivoirian – DLC
Duala (African people) – CSt
Egyptians in literature – DLC
Enya language – DLC
Folk literature, Bandjoun – CSt
Folk literature, West African – CSt
Foreign workers, Mauritian – CSt
Gadabano (African people) – DLC
Gambian fiction (English) – WaU
Gambian literature (English) – DLC
Gawwada language – CSt
Gutazar (African people) – DLC
Habbānīyah (Arab tribe) – DLC
Hawwārah (Berber people) – DLC
Ibani (African people) – CSt
Jewish cooking—Moroccan style – CSt
Karon language – CSt
Kukele language – InFwCT
Lesothan fiction (English) – WaU
Love poetry, Tamashek – DLC
Madagascar—History—1992- –> Madagascar—History—1992-2010 – IEN
Madagascar—History—2010- – IEN
Madagascar—Politics and government—1992- –> Madagascar—Politics and government—1992-2010 – IEN
Madagascar—Politics and government—2010- – IEN
Mahé Island (Seychelles) – WaU
Mālikīyah (Berber tribe) – DLC
Motion picture plays, South African (English) – WaU
Nama poetry – DLC
National characteristics, Angolan – DGPO
National characteristics, Botswanan – DGPO
National characteristics, Burkinabe – DGPO
National characteristics, Djiboutian – DGPO
National characteristics, Gabonese – DGPO
National characteristics, Guinea-Bissauan – DLC
National characteristics, Guinea-Bissauan, in literature – DLC
National characteristics, Nigerien – DGPO
National characteristics, Rwandan – DGPO
National characteristics, Tanzanian – DGPO
National characteristics, Ugandan – DGPO
Ndonga poetry – DLC
Okande (African people) – CSt
Political prisoners’ writings, Moroccan (French) – WaU
Pottery, Cham-Mwana – DLC
Pottery, Nigerian – DLC
Proto-Central Chadic language – UkOxU
Proverbs, Kakwa – CSt
Proverbs, Nubian – CLU
Rawḍ ‘Ā’id Wadi (Egypt) – UkCU
Réserve naturelle de Tsingy du Namoroka (Madagascar) – IEN
Rokel River (Sierra Leone) – IEN
Rokel River Watershed – IEN
Satire, Tamazight – CLU
Short stories, Botswanan (English) – WaU
Short stories, Gambian (English) – WaU
Short stories, Lesothan (English) – WaU
Short stories, South Sudanese (English) – WaU
South Sudanese fiction (English) – WaU
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