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"People of the grasses" : studies on the Buduma [Yedina] of Lake Chad
- Title
- "People of the grasses" : studies on the Buduma [Yedina] of Lake Chad / by Walter Konrad ; translated by Gisela Seidensticker-Brikay.
- Author
- Konrad, Walter, 1921-1983.
- Publication
- Maiduguri, Nigeria : University of Maiduguri, 2009.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | DT546.445.B83 K66 2009 | Off-site |
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- Description
- xiv, 249 p. : ill., maps; 22 cm.
- Series Statement
- Borno Sahara and Sudan Series Studies in the Humanities and Social Sciences ; vol. IV
- Uniform Title
- Borno Sahara and Sudan Series. Studies in the Humanities and Social Sciences ; v. 4.
- Subject
- Note
- "With volume IV of the University's Borno Sahara and Sudan Series..., we present a series of ethnolographic articles that Walter Konrad published in the 1950s up to 1964, concentrating on cultural, social, and economic aspects of Yedina/Buduma life"--P. iii.
- Includes related article by Catherine Baroin, first published in Man and the Lake: proceedings of the 12th Mega Chad Conference, Maiduguri, 2nd-9th December 2003 (2005).
- Also includes appendices by Seidensticker-Brikay.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Zad-- mystery between Niger and Nile (1955) -- On garment and jewellery of the Buduma (1964) -- Fertility cults among the Buduma : a contribution to the culture history of the Lake Chad population (1955) -- Water craft of the Lake Chad region (1957) -- The 'Kanaka' of Lake Chad : a contribution to knowledge of the spiritual world of the Buduma (n.d.) -- Further contributions to knowledge about the Buduma (1963) -- What do we know about the Buduma? : a brief survey (2005) / Catherine Baroin.
- ISBN
- 978364615X
- 9789783646155
- OCLC
- ocn692238522
- SCSB-1582333
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library