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Djinns, stars, and warriors : Mandinka legends from Pakao, Senegal / [edited] by Matthew Schaffer.
Penn Museum Library GR352.72.M35 D45 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- African sources for African history 1567-6951 ; v. 5.
- African sources for African history, 1567-6951 ; v. 5
- Language:
- English
- Mandingo
- Subjects (All):
- Mandingo (African people)--Folklore.
- Mandingo (African people).
- Tales--Senegal--Pakao (Region).
- Tales.
- Senegal--Pakao (Region).
- Legends--Senegal--Pakao (Region).
- Legends.
- Pakao Region (Senegal)--History.
- Pakao Region (Senegal).
- Pakao Region (Senegal)--Social life and customs.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 221 pages, 1 unnumbered page : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2003.
- Language Note:
- Mandinka (i.e., Mandingo) language text with English translation parallel.
- Summary:
- This sourcebook contains some of the finest Mandinka oral traditions ever published, emphasizing history and witchcraft. Along with some Arabic texts in translation, these texts reveal Mandinka to be a significant West African literature and worthy contributor to the broader Mande legacy.
- Contents:
- Translation and Orthography xiii
- Chapter I Written History 7
- Chapter II Legends of Great Warriors 17
- Chapter III Religion 43
- Chapter IV Stories about Places and Constellations 61
- Chapter V Social Structure 80
- Chapter VI Founding a Village 123
- Chapter VII Witchcraft 181.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (page [222]) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9004131248
- OCLC:
- 53038014
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