| Description |
x, 204 pages : maps ; 25 cm. |
| 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 Bamana-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. |
| Subject |
Mandingo (African people) -- Industries.
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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. |
| Added Author |
Conrad, David C.
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Frank, Barbara E.
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| ISBN |
0253209293 paperback acid-free paper |
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