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African worlds : studies in the cosmological ideas and social values of African peoples

Title
African worlds : studies in the cosmological ideas and social values of African peoples / Daryll Forde (editor) ; new introduction by Wendy James.
Publication
Hamburg : Lit ; Oxford : James Currey with the IAI, 1999.

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Additional Authors
  • Forde, Daryll, 1902-1973.
  • James, Wendy.
  • International African Institute.
Description
xxx, xvii, 243 p. : ill.; 22 cm.
Series Statement
Classics in African anthropology
Subject
  • Ethnology > Africa
  • Africans > Social life and customs
  • Cosmology, African
  • Rites and ceremonies > Africa
Note
  • "First published by Oxford University Press for the International African Institute 1954."
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction / Daryll Forde -- The Lele of Kasai / Mary Douglas -- The Abaluyia of Kavirondo (Kenya) / Gunter Wagner -- The Lovedu of the Transvaal /J.D. Krige -- The Dogon of the French Sudan / Marcel Griaule -- The Mende in Sierra Leone / Kenneth Little -- The Shilluk of Ruanda / Godfrey Lienhardt -- The kingdom of Ruanda / J.J. Maquet -- The Ashanti of the Gold Coast / K.A. Busia -- The Fon of Dahomey / P. Mercier.
Call Number
Sc D 00-610
ISBN
  • 0852552866
  • 0852552815 (pbk.)
  • 3825830861 (pbk., Germany)
  • 3825835677 (cased, Germany)
OCLC
40683108
Title
African worlds : studies in the cosmological ideas and social values of African peoples / Daryll Forde (editor) ; new introduction by Wendy James.
Imprint
Hamburg : Lit ; Oxford : James Currey with the IAI, 1999.
Edition
2nd ed.
Series
Classics in African anthropology
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Added Author
Forde, Daryll, 1902-1973.
James, Wendy.
International African Institute.
Research Call Number
Sc D 00-610
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