Djinns, stars, and warriors : : Mandinka legends from Pakao, Senegal / / by Matt Schaffer.
This book contains some of the finest examples of Mandinka oral tradtions ever published, both in English and the original Mandinka, along with a chapter of Mandinka Arabic script texts translated into English. As a complement to the author's ethnography of the Mandinka published in 1980/1987,...
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| Superior document: | African Sources for African History ; 5 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden, The Netherlands ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2003] ©2003 |
| Year of Publication: | 2003 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | African Sources for African History ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
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Table of Contents:
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Editors' Introduction
- Translation and Orthography
- List of illustrations
- Introduction
- Chapter I Written History
- Chapter II Legends of Great Warriors
- Chapter III Religion
- Chapter IV Stories about Places and Constellations
- Chapter V Social Structure
- Chapter VI Founding a Village
- Chapter VII Witchcraft
- Bibliography
- Authors' Index
- AFRICAN SOURCES FOR AFRICAN HISTORY.