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Distinctive characteristics and common features of African cultural areas south of the Sahara.
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Series:
- Introduction to African culture ; 7.
- Introduction to African culture ; 7
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ethnology--Africa, Sub-Saharan--Congresses.
- Ethnology.
- Sub-Saharan Africa.
- Africa, Sub-Saharan--Social life and customs--Congresses.
- Africa, Sub-Saharan.
- Manners and customs.
- Africa, Sub-Saharan--Civilization--Congresses.
- Civilization.
- Genre:
- Conference papers and proceedings.
- Physical Description:
- 149 pages ; 21 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Paris : Unesco, 1985.
- Contents:
- Africa, the culture and the continent / by David Dalby
- Definition of Fulbe culture / by Djibril Diallo
- A critical analysis of the criteria or parameters used to define African cultural areas / by Anta Diop
- The specificities and dynamics of African Negro cultures : the Yoruba area / by I.A. Akinjogbin
- Cultural specificity and convergence in Madagascar / by Bar-Joana Randriamandimby
- The West Atlantic coast : cultural convergence and diversity in Sierra Leone and Liberia / by C. Magbaily Fyle
- Origins, foundations, and evolution of Swahili culture / by Sayyid Hurreiz
- Some reflections on the cultural specificity and convergences in the different areas south of the Sahara : the case of Zaire / by Sebahire Mbonyinkebe and Kamanzi Bimanyu.
- Notes:
- Papers presented to a symposium organized by Unesco, and held in Accra, 1980.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9231023160
- OCLC:
- 14940800
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