C.K. Meek
Charles Kingsley Meek, often noted as C.K. Meek, (June 24, 1885 - March 27, 1965) was a British anthropologist. He wrote about the northern tribes of Nigeria and studied the Jukun people. Meek took photographs during some of his field work.[1][2]
Meek studied Theology at Oxford. In 1912 he joined the colonial service and was posted in northern Nigeria in 1912. He was made Government Anthropologist under governor-general Frederick Lugard who sought to extend his policy of indirect rule south and wanted to know more about local practice. [1] Meek attained the rank of Resident and transferred to the southern provinces of Nigeria in 1929 before resigning due to health issues in 1933.[1]
In 1925 he published The Northern Tries of Nigeria and in 1931 A Sudanese Kingdom about divine kingship among the Jukun-speaking peoples. He did scholarly research with R.R. Marett and C. G. Seligman. He was a fellow in the Royal Geographical Society and Royal Anthropological Institute which awarded him its Wellcome Medal.[1]
Bibliography
- The Niger and the Classics: The History of a Name. The Journal of African History. Vol. 1, No. 1, 1960
- Law and Authority in a Nigerian Tribe. Oxford: Oxford University Press ISBN 0-389-04031-2, 1937
- A Sudanese Kingdom: An Ethnographic Stud of the Jukun-speaking Peoples of Nigeria. London: Kegan Paul, Trubner & Co. 1931
- The Northern Tribes of Nigeria. 2 vols. London: Oxford University Press 1925
- Tribal Studies in Northern Nigeria. (2 vols) London: Kegan Paul. 1931