French perspectives in African studies: a collection of translated essays / edited with an introduction by Pierre Alexandre; foreword by Daryll Forde; [translated from the French].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Alexandre, Pierre, 1922-1994.

Contributor:

International African Institute.

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Ethnology--Africa, Sub-Saharan.

Ethnology.

Sub-Saharan Africa.

Physical Description:

viii, 240 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Oxford University Press for the International African Institute, 1973.

Contents:

Griaule, M. The mother's brother in the western Sudan.

Calame-Griaule, G. Stylistic study of a Dogon text.

Dieterlen, G. A contribution to the study of blacksmiths in West Africa.

Lebeuf, J.-P. and Lebeuf, A. Symbolic monuments of the Logone-Birni Royal Palace.

Paulme, D. Blood pacts, age classes and castes in black Africa.

Zahan, D. Towards a history of the Yatenga Mossi.

Balandier, G. Traditional social structure and economic change.

Mercier, P. The study of marriage and urban research.

Sautter, G. Regional studies.

Alexandre, P. Problems of modern political terminology in African languages.

Meillassoux, C. On the mode of production of the hunting band.

Person, Y. Oral tradition and chronology.

Zempleni-Rabain, J. Food and the strategy involved in learning fraternal exchange among Wolof children.

Notes:

Includes bibliographies.

ISBN:

0197241913

OCLC:

641511