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Title Status and identity in West Africa : Nyamakalaw of Mande / edited by David C. Conrad and Barbara E. Frank
Published Bloomington, Ind. : Indiana University Press, ©1995

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Description 1 online resource (x, 204 pages) : maps
Series African systems of thought
African systems of thought.
Contents Etymologies of "nyamakala" / Charles S. Bird, Martha B. Kendall, and Kalilou Tera -- Power, structure, and Mande "jeliw" / Barbara G. Hoffman -- Semantics of "jugu" : blacksmiths, lore, and "who's bad" in Mande / Patrick R. McNaughton -- Linguistic evidence for the history of West African "castes" / Tal Tamari -- Blind man meets prophet : oral tradition, Islam, and "funé" identity / David C. Conrad -- Soninke "garankéw" and amana-Malinke "jeliw" : Mande leatherworkers, identity, and the diaspora / Barbara E. Frank -- Dieli of Korhogo : identity and identification / Robert Launay -- Women craft specialists in Jenne : the manipulation of Mande social categories / Adria La Violette -- "Jaliya" in the modern world : a tribute to Banzumana Sissoko and Massa Makan Diabaté / Cheick Makamadou Chérif Keita
Analysis Africa, West Social life and customs
Artisans Africa, West
Endogamy and exogamy Africa, West
Mandingo (African people) Industries
Mandingo (African people) Kinship
Mandingo (African people) Social life and customs
Social classes Africa, West
Social structure Africa, West
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Mandingo (African people)
Mandingo (African people) -- Kinship
Mandingo (African people) -- Social life and customs
Artisans -- Africa, West
Social classes -- Africa, West
Social structure -- Africa, West
Endogamy and exogamy -- Africa, West
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Social Classes.
Artisans
Endogamy and exogamy
Mandingo (African people)
Mandingo (African people) -- Kinship
Mandingo (African people) -- Social life and customs
Manners and customs
Social classes
Social structure
Handwerk
Malinke
Sozialstruktur
Mandingo.
Sociale status.
Identiteit.
Mandingues -- Industrie.
Mandingues -- Parenté.
Mandingues -- Moeurs et coutumes.
Artisans -- Afrique occidentale.
Classes sociales -- Afrique occidentale.
Endogamie -- Afrique occidentale.
Exogamie -- Afrique occidentale.
Structure sociale -- Afrique occidentale.
Mandingo (African people)
Mandingo (African people) -- Social conditions.
Artisans -- Africa, West.
Social status -- Africa, West.
SUBJECT Africa, West -- Social life and customs
Subject West Africa
Afrique occidentale -- Moeurs et coutumes.
Malinke.
Form Electronic book
Author Conrad, David C.
Frank, Barbara E.
LC no. 94020215
ISBN 0585231893
9780585231891
1282075640
9781282075641
9786612075643
6612075643
0253112648
9780253112644