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1 online resource (x, 204 pages) : maps. |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
Description |
text file |
Series |
African systems of thought
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African systems of thought.
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Etymologies of "nyamakala" / Charles S. Bird, Martha B. Kendall, and Kalilou Tera -- Power, structure, and Mande "jeliw" / Barbara G. Hoffman -- Semantics of "jugu" : blacksmiths, lore, and "who's bad" in Mande / Patrick R. McNaughton -- Linguistic evidence for the history of West African "castes" / Tal Tamari -- Blind man meets prophet : oral tradition, Islam, and "funé" identity / David C. Conrad -- Soninke "garankéw" and amana-Malinke "jeliw" : Mande leatherworkers, identity, and the diaspora / Barbara E. Frank -- Dieli of Korhogo : identity and identification / Robert Launay -- Women craft specialists in Jenne : the manipulation of Mande social categories / Adria La Violette -- "Jaliya" in the modern world : a tribute to Banzumana Sissoko and Massa Makan Diabaté / Cheick Makamadou Chérif Keita. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Mandingo (African people)
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Mandingo (African people) |
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Mandingo (African people) -- Kinship.
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Mandingo (African people) -- Kinship. |
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Mandingo (African people) -- Social life and customs.
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Mandingo (African people) -- Social life and customs. |
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Artisans -- Africa, West.
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Artisans. |
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West Africa. |
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Social classes -- Africa, West.
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Social classes. |
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Social structure -- Africa, West.
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Social structure. |
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Endogamy and exogamy -- Africa, West.
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Endogamy and exogamy. |
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Africa, West -- Social life and customs.
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Manners and customs. |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Added Author |
Conrad, David C.
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Frank, Barbara E.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Status and identity in West Africa. Bloomington, Ind. : Indiana University Press, ©1995 0253314097 (DLC) 94020215 (OCoLC)30510790 |
ISBN |
0585231893 (electronic book) |
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9780585231891 (electronic book) |
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0253314097 (cloth ; acid-free paper) |
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0253209293 (paperback ; acid-free paper) |
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