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Status and identity in West Africa : Nyamakalaw of Mande

Title
Status and identity in West Africa : Nyamakalaw of Mande / edited by David C. Conrad and Barbara E. Frank.
Publication
Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c1995.

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Additional Authors
  • Conrad, David C.
  • Frank, Barbara E.
Description
x, 204 p. : maps; 25 cm.
Series Statement
African systems of thought
Subject
  • Mandingo (African people) > Industries
  • Mandingo (African people) > Kinship
  • Mandingo (African people) > Social life and customs
  • Artisans > Africa, West
  • Social classes > Africa, West
  • Social structure > Africa, West
  • Endogamy and exogamy > Africa, West
  • Africa, West > Social life and customs
Bibliography (note)
  • 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.
Call Number
Sc E 99-771
ISBN
  • 0253314097 (cloth : acid-free paper)
  • 0253209293 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
LCCN
94020215 //r96
OCLC
30510790
Title
Status and identity in West Africa : Nyamakalaw of Mande / edited by David C. Conrad and Barbara E. Frank.
Imprint
Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c1995.
Series
African systems of thought
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Added Author
Conrad, David C.
Frank, Barbara E.
Research Call Number
Sc E 99-771
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