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Status and identity in West Africa : Nyamakalaw of Mande / edited by David C. Conrad and Barbara E. Frank.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Conrad, David, Author.
- Series:
- African systems of thought
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mandingo (African people)--Industries.
- Mandingo (African people).
- Mandingo (African people)--Kinship.
- Mandingo (African people)--Social life and customs.
- Artisans--Africa, West.
- Artisans.
- Social classes--Africa, West.
- Social classes.
- Social structure--Africa, West.
- Social structure.
- Endogamy and exogamy--Africa, West.
- Endogamy and exogamy.
- Africa, West--Social life and customs.
- Africa, West.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (x, 204 p. ) maps ;
- Place of Publication:
- Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c1995.
- Language Note:
- English
- Contents:
- 1. Etymologies of nyamakala / Charles S. Bird, Martha B. Kendall and Kalilou Tera
- 2. Power, structure and Mande jeliw / Barbara G. Hoffman
- 3. The semantics of jugu / Patrick R. McNaughton
- 4. Linguistic evidence for the history of West African castes / Tal Tamari
- 5. Blind man meets prophet / David C. Conrad
- 6. Soninke garankéw and Bamana-Malinke jeliw / Barbara E. Frank
- 7. The Dieli of Korhogo / Robert Launay
- 8. Women craft specialists in Jenne / Adria LaViolette
- 9. Jaliya in the modern world / Cheick Mahamadou Chérif Keita.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- ISBN:
- 1-282-07564-0
- 9786612075643
- 0-253-11264-8
- 0-585-23189-3
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